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Summary

Iranian nurses face challenges like passive management and staff shortages that impact professional integrity. However, strong personal and religious beliefs provide a foundation for maintaining integrity despite these obstacles.

Keywords:
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  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Management
  • Professional Ethics

Background:

  • Maintaining professional integrity is crucial for nurses.
  • Nurses often encounter systemic and organizational challenges.
  • Understanding these obstacles is key to supporting the nursing workforce.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify obstacles faced by nurses in maintaining professional integrity.
  • To explore strategies nurses employ to overcome these challenges.
  • To investigate the role of spirituality in professional integrity.

Main Methods:

  • Conventional content analysis of 16 semi-structured interviews.
  • Data collection included interviews, observation, and field notes.
  • Analysis employed the Grandhime and Landman approach, with Guba and Lincoln criteria for validity and reliability.

Main Results:

  • Key themes identified: passive management, inefficient organization, and solid spirituality.
  • Passive management included lack of managerial support and improper supervision.
  • Inefficient organization comprised staff shortages, role underestimation, and high workload.
  • Solid spirituality stemmed from religious and personal beliefs.

Conclusions:

  • Factors exist that diminish motivation among Iranian nurses.
  • Despite challenges, maintaining professional integrity as a nurse is achievable.
  • Spirituality emerges as a significant factor in the internalization of professional integrity for nurses.