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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
World Nursing 2017
July 10-12, 2017
23
rd
World Nursing and Healthcare Conference
July 10-12, 2017 Berlin, Germany
Moral sensitivity of pediatric nurses
Bengu Cetinkaya
1
and
Hatice Baskale
2
1
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Pamukkale University Faculty of Health Sciences, Denizli, Turkey
2
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Pamukkale University Faculty of Health Sciences, Denizli, Turkey
M
oral sensitivity is the first component of ethical decision-making. This decriptive-type study was conducted to determine
moral sensitivity of pediatric nurses. The study sample consisted of 97 pediatric nurses. The data were collected using the
“pediatric nurses defining characterstics data form” and Turkish version of “Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire”. Data were analyzed
using descriptive statistics, the one way anova test, independent samples t test and Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Moral sensitivity
of pediatric nurses with ethics training was higher than no ethics training. Pediatric nurses who have more experience were higher
moral sensitivity. Moral sensitivity is not influenced by educational level, hospital type, position and pediatric unit type. Training
programs are necessary to develop nurses’ moral sensitivity.
Biography
Bengü Çetinkaya has completed his PhD from Ege University Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Pediatric Nursing. She is an Associated Professor and
teachs at Pamukkale University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pediatric Nursing. She has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals and has
been serving as a reviewer for international and national journals.
Bengu Cetinkaya et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-049