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Nurse moral disengagement.

Roberta Fida1, Carlo Tramontano2, Marinella Paciello3

  • 1Sapienza University of Rome, Italy roberta.fida@uniroma1.it.

Nursing Ethics
|April 25, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Nurses may use moral disengagement to bypass ethical standards, impacting work behaviors. A new scale helps identify this, aiding management in improving ethical compliance and work environments.

Keywords:
Citizenship behaviourcounterproductive work behaviourmoral disengagementstressvalidation

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Ethics
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Moral Psychology

Background:

  • Ethical adherence is crucial in nursing, yet nurses face challenges in consistently meeting standards.
  • Moral disengagement, a concept by Bandura, is a key factor influencing ethical violations in nursing practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a scale measuring moral disengagement in nurses.
  • To examine the relationship between moral disengagement and counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB).

Main Methods:

  • A mixed-methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative studies.
  • Development and validation of a 22-item Nursing Moral Disengagement Scale (NMDS) using cross-validation and structural equation modeling.
  • Quantitative study involved 434 Italian nurses; qualitative study involved 60 Italian nurses.

Main Results:

  • The NMDS demonstrated good psychometric properties and mono-dimensionality.
  • Significant associations were found between moral disengagement and both counterproductive and citizenship behaviors.
  • Nurses may employ moral disengagement to circumvent ethical codes and professional norms.

Conclusions:

  • The developed scale can be a valuable tool for assessing nurses and informing management strategies.
  • Interventions targeting the work environment can enhance ethical compliance and the quality of nursing care.
  • Understanding moral disengagement is vital for maintaining ethical standards in nursing.