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Career calling, ethical sensitivity, and decision-making ability in intensive care nurses: a mediating effect model
Ke Wang1, Yuanyuan Mi2, Yanli Wu2
1Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|April 8, 2025
Summary
Intensive care nurses show moderate ethical decision-making ability. Enhancing ethical sensitivity and career calling can improve this ability, with career calling partially mediating the relationship.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Ethics
- Healthcare Professional Development
Background:
- Ethical decision-making is crucial for intensive care nurses.
- Factors influencing this ability require further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the combined impact of ethical sensitivity and career calling on the decision-making skills of intensive care nurses.
Main Methods:
- A survey of 361 intensive care nurses in Hubei Province.
- Utilized questionnaires for general information, nurse career calling, nursing ethics decision-making ability, and ethics sensitivity.
- Employed structural equation modeling using AMOS software.
Main Results:
- Intensive care nurses' ethical decision-making ability scored 267.62 ± 28.15.
- Ethical sensitivity (r=0.584, p<0.001) and career calling (r=0.566, p<0.001) showed significant positive correlations with ethical decision-making ability.
- Career calling demonstrated a partial mediation effect (0.246) between ethical sensitivity and nursing ethical decision-making ability.
Conclusions:
- Intensive care nurses possess moderate ethical decision-making ability, indicating a need for enhancement.
- Career calling partially mediates the relationship between ethical sensitivity and ethical decision-making ability.
- Improving ethical sensitivity and career calling are key strategies to bolster ethical decision-making skills in intensive care nursing.
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