Open AccessAwareness, Behavior, and Practices of Nurses related to Nursing Ethics, in tertiary care Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Shazia Javed,
Kousar Parveen,
Mohammed Afzal,
Syed Amir Gillani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of health, medicine and nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2710-1150
DOI - 10.47941/ijhmnp.597
Subject(s) - nursing , demographics , nursing ethics , family medicine , medicine , cross sectional study , psychology , demography , sociology , pathology , psychiatry
Purpose: The objective is to determine nurse’s knowledge about Nursing Ethics and association with behavior and practice of these nurses.
Methodology: Cross-sectional Study Design. This study is conducted in different hospital settings of Lahore. a total of 150 nurses are selected by convenient sampling technique. They are taken informed consent and the data was collected including demographics and the nursing ethics. Data was analysed on SPSS version 24.0
Results: Most of the nurses working in different hospital are females and in our participants, 76% are females while 24% are males. Mostly belongs to age group of 20-30 years. Nearly 87% of the participants are single, i.e. hasn’t married yet. The more qualified nurse, more the KAP of nursing ethics in hospitals
Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study results show that the nurses need to gain better insight into the legal aspects of their profession and to enhance their level of respect, particularly for nurses of lower age, with a history of employment and contractual strength.