The Effect of Moral Sensitivity and Moral Distress on the Caring Behavior of Nurses in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units (신생아 및 소아 중환자실 간호사의 도덕적 민감성과 도덕적 고뇌가 돌봄 행위에 미치는 영향)

HWANG Gahui (황가희); SHIN Jung-Min (신정민); KIM Miseul (김미슬); SANGHEE KIM (김상희); Seung Hyeon Yang (양승현)

doi:10.35301/ksme.2022.25.3.261

The Effect of Moral Sensitivity and Moral Distress on the Caring Behavior of Nurses in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
Abbr : 의료윤리
2022, 25(3), pp.261-276
DOI : 10.35301/ksme.2022.25.3.261
Publisher : The Korean Society For Medical Ethics
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > General Medicine
Received : August 31, 2022
Accepted : September 27, 2022
Published : September 30, 2022

HWANG Gahui ¹, SHIN Jung-Min ², KIM Miseul ³, SANGHEE KIM ¹, Seung Hyeon Yang ¹

¹연세대학교
²세브란스병원
³인천지방경찰청

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of moral sensitivity and moral distress on the caring behavior of neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit nurses. A survey was conducted on 121 nurses working in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of five general hospitals in two regions of South Korea. The study found significant differences in moral sensitivity (p =.002), moral distress (p =.001), and caring behavior (p =.013) according to age. There were also significant differences according to career, marriage, and experience in ethics education. A multiple regression analysis confirmed that moral sensitivity (p <.001) and moral distress (p =.027) had a significant effect on caring behavior, accounting for 22.5% and 10.3% of the observed data, respectively. The results of this study may help to identify ways of improving the caring behavior of nurses working in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.

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nurses, caring behavior, moral sensitivity, moral distress, intensive care units, neonatal, pediatric

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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