1. Nursing students' ethical challenges in the clinical settings: A mixed-methods study.
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Mehdipour Rabori, Roghayeh, Dehghan, Mahlagha, and Nematollahi, Monirosadat
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ANALYSIS of variance ,ATTENTION ,AUTHORITY ,CLINICAL medicine ,EXPERIENCE ,HEALTH occupations students ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,PATIENT-professional relations ,NURSING education ,NURSING students ,PSYCHOLOGY of nursing students ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH ,SCHOOL environment ,SEX distribution ,STATISTICS ,STUDENTS ,STUDENT attitudes ,T-test (Statistics) ,TEACHER-student relationships ,JUDGMENT sampling ,DATA analysis ,SOCIAL support ,CROSS-sectional method ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Background: Nursing students experience ethical conflicts and challenges during their clinical education. These may lead to moral distress and disturb the learning process. Objectives: This study aimed to explore and to evaluate the nursing students' ethical challenges in the clinical settings in Iran. Research design: This was a mixed-methods study with an exploratory sequential design. Participants and research context: A total of 37 and 120 Iranian nursing students participated in the qualitative and quantitative phases, respectively. Ethical considerations: The ethical committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran, approved the protocol of the study. Findings: Three main categories were extracted from qualitative data including Low attention of nurses to the patients' preferences; Lack of authority; and Inadequate support. A total of 97% of the students had more than one ethical challenge in clinical settings and 48% of them stated that their challenges did not resolve. The total score of perceived ethical challenges was 62.03 ± 9.17, which was moderate. The highest mean score related to the "Low attention of nurses to the patients' preferences" subscale. Discussion: The finding confirmed most of the existing results of other international researches about the frequency and kinds of baccalaureate nursing students' ethical challenges. Conclusion: Identifying student ethical challenges helps teachers to manage their clinical learning process better. This study may provide a view for the nurses, clinical educators, and managers toward nursing students' ethical challenges and their impact on nursing students' clinical experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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