Strengthening ethical decision-making: the experience of Iranian nurses
Fatemeh Esmaelzadeh Doctoral student and clinical instructor, Nursing Research Center, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Abbas Abbaszadeh Professor of nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fariba Borhani Associate professor of nursing, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hamid Peyrovi Professor of nursing, Nursing Care Research Center, Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Aims Ethical decision-making is a complex process that nurses perform daily. The aim of this study is to explain how ethical leaders in Iran strengthen ethical decision-making in their nursing teams.
Method Data were collected using deep and semi-structured interviews with 20 Iranian nurses in 2015. Analysis was based on constant comparative analysis.
Results Ethical leaders strengthen ethical decision-making by promoting ethical commitment, developing an ethical atmosphere and guiding ethical decision-making.
Conclusion The development of ethical decision-making in nursing can improve ethics-based nursing care.
Nursing Management.
24, 6, 33-39.
doi: 10.7748/nm.2017.e1610
Correspondence
faribaborhani@msn.com
Conflict of interest
None declared
Peer review
This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Received: 05 January 2017
Accepted: 10 July 2017
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