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Relationships between ethical decision-making and professional behavior in Iranian nursing students
Fatemeh Molaei Tavani1, Mozhgan Behshid2, Azad Rahmani3
1Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran; Medical and Surgical Nursing, MSc Student Faculty of Nursing-Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract:
Ethical decision-making and professional behavior are essential skills in nursing profession, hence educational programs should be designed to enable future nurses to tackle problems related to ethical decision-making. This descriptive, correlational and analytical study aimed at determining the ability of Iranian nursing students to make ethical decisions as well as relationship between such decisions and professional behavior. The present study used census to select 140 freshmen from the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, the Nursing Dilemma Test (NDT) comprising two indices of "nurse's principled thinking" and "practical consideration", as well as the Nursing Students Professional Behaviors Scale (NSPBS).
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