The relationship between exposure to ethical conflicts with individual- Social characteristics and perception of the environment in nurses working in intensive care units of hospitals Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, 2018

Pearson correlation and Chi-square were performed. Results: The findings of the study indicated that age variables with (P <0.05) and (r = -0 129), type of intensive ward (CCU, ICU), with (P <0.05), work experience with (r = -0.113) and (P <0.05) had significant and negative correlation with the ethical conflicts. Gender, type of shift, and bioethics courses had no significant relationship with ethical conflict (p > 0.05). According to the study, the level of moral conflict in the private sector was moderate. The difference between items 1, 3 and 4 of each domain in the perception questionnaire from clinical setting was significant (P < 0.05). In the second domain, there was no significant difference between items (P> 0.05) Conclusion: Nurses have a significant ethical conflict with the physicians concerned with treating and caring the patients that needs to be investigated. Nurses do not have a good perception of the job environment and this greatly affects the rate of conflict and has a negative impact on their career and work efficiency. The level of severity of ethical conflict in nurses is at a moderate level, which needs to be addressed. Further studies are recommended to investigate the frequency and severity of exposure to ethical conflict for intensive care unit nurses.