Moral sensitivity of nurses in a university hospital in southern Brazil.

Q3 Nursing

Revista gaucha de enfermagem / EENFUFRGS Pub Date : 2025-04-25 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1983-1447.2025.20240308.en

Jéssica Daiane Rosa, Dulcinéia Ghizoni Schneider, Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer, Graziele de Lima Dalmolin, Silvana Alves Benedet Ofugi Rodrigues, Felipa Rafaela Amadigi

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Abstract

Objective: to analyze the moral sensitivity of nurses while facing ethical conflicts at the professional practice and verify their association with sociodemographic and labor-related variables.

Method: cross-sectional study, carried out with 115 nurses from a university hospital of southern Brazil. The Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire - Brazilian Version was applied from April to May 2023. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used to analyze the data.

Results: the mean of the nurse's total moral sensitivity score was 3.49 (SD=0.36). The lowest score levels of moral sensitivity were related to the constructs "modified autonomy" (2.48; SD=1.08) and "meaning of the moral structure" (3.46; SD=0.66), while the highest levels were associated with the constructs "respect for patient autonomy" (3.90; SD=0.85) and "experiencing moral conflict" (3.59; SD=1.02). The constructs "modified autonomy" and "meaning of moral structure" were statistically significant regarding the association with the number of employment contracts, work shift and weekly hours worked (p=0.045, p=0.034, and p=0.044, respectively).

Conclusion: nurses exhibit moderate levels of moral sensitivity, and aspects of work are related to the ability to recognize and act on ethical problems.

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巴西南部一所大学医院护士的道德敏感性。

目的：分析护士在职业实践中面临伦理冲突时的道德敏感性，并验证其与社会人口学和劳动相关变量的相关性。方法：对巴西南部一所大学医院的115名护士进行横断面研究。道德敏感性问卷-巴西版于2023年4月至5月应用。采用描述性统计和分析性统计对数据进行分析。结果：护士总道德敏感性得分均值为3.49分（SD=0.36）。道德敏感度最低的构念与“改良自主”相关(2.48；SD=1.08)和“道德结构的意义”(3.46；SD=0.66)，而最高水平与“尊重患者自主权”的构念相关(3.90；SD=0.85)和“经历道德冲突”(3.59；SD = 1.02)。“修正自主性”构构和“道德结构意义”构构对雇佣合同数、轮班数和每周工作时间的影响具有统计学意义（p=0.045, p=0.034, p=0.044）。结论：护士表现出中等程度的道德敏感性，工作的各个方面都与认识和应对道德问题的能力有关。

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Revista gaucha de enfermagem / EENFUFRGS Medicine-Medicine (all)

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1.70

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118

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： A Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul edita e publica a Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem para divulgar a produção científica da Enfermagem e áreas afins. Foi criada em 1976 e atualmente tem periodicidade trimestral.