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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

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Exploring fair decision-making rules in nursing: A qualitative study.

Hosein Zahednezhad, Mohammadali Hosseini¹, Abbas Ebadi²

¹Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran.

|September 19, 2018

Summary

Nurses perceive fairness in managerial decisions by applying rules like consistency and ethicality. Understanding these procedural justice principles is crucial for nursing leaders to ensure a fair decision-making environment.

Keywords:

Decision-making justice nurses procedural justice rules

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Nursing Ethics
Organizational Behavior

Background:

Fair decision-making processes are essential for understanding and trust.
Procedural justice models provide a framework for evaluating fairness in management.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify the core principles and rules nurses use to understand justice in nurse managers' decisions.
To analyze these principles through the lens of a procedural justice model.

Main Methods:

Qualitative study employing directed content analysis.
Data collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 15 nurses in Tehran, Iran.
Ethical considerations included informed consent, voluntary participation, and confidentiality.

Main Results:

Nurses utilize specific rules to perceive procedural justice.
Key rules identified include: duties organization, managerial support, consistency, bias-suppression, accuracy, correctability, representativeness, and ethicality.
These rules collectively shape nurses' understanding of fairness in decision-making.

Conclusions:

Nursing leaders should prioritize and integrate these justice rules into their decision-making strategies.
Adherence to these principles can significantly enhance nurses' perception of fairness.
Promoting procedural justice is vital for a positive and equitable healthcare work environment.