The Relationship between Nursing Professional Ethics from the Perspective of Nurses and Quality of Nursing Care from the Perspective of Patients in  Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

Amir Hossein Gholami; Forozan Ahmadi; Alireza Soltanian; Arash Khalili

doi:10.18502/jzms.v5i4.11793

Amir Hossein Gholami Student Research Committee, Nursing Student, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Forozan Ahmadi MSc of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Alireza Soltanian Professor, Modeling of Non Communicable Diseases Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Arash Khalili Department of Pediatric Nursing, Maternal and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jzms.v5i4.11793

Keywords: Professional ethics; Nurses; Quality of health care

Abstract

Background: Professional ethics is an important component in providing good quality nursing care and for performance. Only those who are in the position to receive these services can measure professional ethics and quality of care indicators.

Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was performed with the participation of 287 nurses and 287 hospitalized patients in 5 teaching hospitals of Hamedan in 2021. Data were collected using demographic information questionnaires, nursing professional ethics and quality of care questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: The results showed that the majority of nurses (78.8%) rated their performance with good professional ethics and the mean of the quality of care of the patients was 143.2 ± 13.51. Also, the highest quality of nursing care from patients' point of view was in the psychosocial field and the lowest quality of nursing care was in the communicative domain, and there was no significant relationship between adherence to professional ethics and quality of nursing care delivery (p value = 0.988).

Conclusion: According to the findings of the study on the lack of relationship between professional ethics and quality of nursing care from the point of view of nurses and patients, therefore it seems necessary to take measures to develop educational programs regarding the importance of ethical compliance by nurses and awareness of the components of quality care for patients.