Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 11, 2025

09:52
Setting Up a Stroke Team Algorithm and Conducting Simulation-based Training in the Emergency Department - A Practical Guide
Published on: January 15, 2017
17.2K
Relationship between hospital ethical climate, critical thinking disposition, and nursing task performance
1Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Dongguk University WISE, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, Gyeongju-Si, 38066, Republic of Korea.
BMC Nursing
|September 28, 2024
Summary
A positive hospital ethical climate and critical thinking disposition significantly enhance nursing task performance. Improving the ethical environment and fostering critical thinking are key to better patient care and safety.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare Ethics
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Increasing ethical conflicts in healthcare necessitate improved nursing task performance.
- Nursing task performance is crucial for patient safety, quality care, and ethical problem resolution.
- This study investigates critical thinking disposition as a mediator between hospital ethical climate and nursing task performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the mediating effect of critical thinking disposition.
- To examine the relationship between hospital ethical climate and nursing task performance.
- To identify factors influencing effective nursing practice in ethical contexts.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional study involving 200 clinical nurses from two Korean cities.
- Data collected via direct questionnaires and online surveys (November-December 2021).
- Analysis included descriptive statistics, correlations, and mediation modeling (Hayes PROCESS macro, Model 4).
Main Results:
- Positive correlations were found between hospital ethical climate, critical thinking disposition, and nursing task performance.
- Hospital ethical climate significantly predicted nursing task performance (ß = 0.46, p < .001).
- Critical thinking disposition acted as a significant mediator (ß = 0.70, p < .001).
Conclusions:
- Hospital ethical climate and critical thinking disposition are significant determinants of nursing task performance.
- Creating a positive ethical climate and promoting critical thinking are recommended for hospital administrators.
- Interventions should focus on enhancing ethical environments and staff education to improve nurse performance and patient outcomes.
Related Concept Videos
Critical Thinking I
3.2K
Critical thinking helps decision-making and allows nurses to recognize barriers to success and find solutions to possible issues. It helps to brainstorm and implement ideas to achieve goals. Critical thinking helps acknowledge and state workflow inefficiencies while improving management techniques. Nurses understand the value of critical thinking and look for fellow nurses with critical thinking skills to upgrade their professional standards. Critical thinking can advance a nurse's career...
3.2K
Critical Thinking II
2.8K
Critical thinking is a cognitive process with several attributes. The attributes of critical thinking include the following:
2.8K
Patient-centered Care
2.0K
Patient-centered care involves delivering care beyond inpatient hospitalization. Reflective practice can enhance a patient-centered approach. Reflective practice is a process of reasoning that considers all aspects of the present situation, including practicalities, learning from personal practice, and consideration of patient needs. Patients appreciate care decisions made while considering their input. Involving the patient in their care provides the patient with a sense of contribution rather...
2.0K
Obedience
32.8K
According to obedience research, we may harm others under the forceful pressures of an authority figure (Milgram, 1974). How about if the inappropriate orders were delivered with less force? The increasing interdependence between nurses and physicians compelled Hofling and his colleagues to explore nurses’ reactions to a potentially harmful medical request made by the perceived authority figure, the doctor (Hofling, Brotzman, Dalrymple, Graves, & Pierce, 1966). In this situation,...
32.8K
Ethical Dilemmas I
856
Ethical dilemmas in nursing are of utmost importance, as they often arise from the tension between adhering to core ethical principles and the practical realities of healthcare delivery. These dilemmas require nurses to navigate complex situations where competing ethical considerations pull them in different directions.
Let us explore some examples to understand the potentially complex moral decisions nurses face.
Take the case of caring for minors, particularly in areas related to reproductive...
Let us explore some examples to understand the potentially complex moral decisions nurses face.
Take the case of caring for minors, particularly in areas related to reproductive...
856
Ethical Issues
866
Nurses are essential in patient care, upholding the ethical principles of their profession and effectively navigating ethical dilemmas. Neglecting ethical issues can lead to inadequate patient care, compromised therapeutic relationships, and moral distress among healthcare workers.
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare:
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare:
866

