Ethical Values in the Nursing Profession as Perceived by Head Nurses and Staff Nurses in Public Hospitals, Banda Aceh, Indonesia: a Comparison Study

Purpose: Identify the levels of importance of ethical values in the nursing profession as perceived by the head nurses and the staff nurses, and compare the levels of importance of ethical values in the nursing profession as perceived by head nurses and those as perceived by staff nurses in public hospitals, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.Methods: Data collected from79 head nurses and 280 staff nurses were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U test.Results: The total mean score of the importance of ethical values in the nursing profession perceived by head nurses and staff nurses are at a high level. The top 3 mean scores of the importance of ethical values in the nursing profession perceived by head nurses included caring, autonomy, and confidentiality. Meanwhile, the top 3 mean scores of the importance of ethical values in the nursing profession perceived by staff nurses included caring, confidentiality, and non maleficence. The Mann-Whitney U test showed that head nurses perceived accountability as significantly statistically different from staff nurses. Conclusion: Although head nurses and staff nurses mostly perceived the importance of ethical values in the nursing profession at high levels, it is still need to promote some ethical values of head nurses and staff nurses

Nursing with the Heart of Christ

Within the nursing profession it is necessary for the nurse to learn to have love, compassion, joy, peace, patience, humility, and integrity within his/her character. After reviewing numerous peer reviewed journals and personal examples, the following paper reveals how these traits – love, compassion, joy, peace, patience, humility, and integrity – are beneficial within the nursing profession. The paper defines the mentioned characteristics, shows how they can be used and implemented within the nursing practice, demonstrates how their implementation leads to greater patient care, and then compares these traits and actions to the character and person of Christ

Tingkat Pengetahuan Mahasiswa Keperawatan Tentang Kode Etik Profesi Dan Caring

Level of Knowledge Nursing Students about Code of Ethics Profession and Caring. Nursing students have to know about code of ethics and caring because both of them are fundamental on nursing profession. This study used to know a representation of the level of knowledge of the nursing profession\u27s code of ethics and caring among nursing students in Universitas Indonesia. This study used decriptive with cross sectional approach among 226 nursing students University of Indonesia by using simple random sampling methods. The results showed that nursing student in Universitas Indonesia (92%) has a good level of knowledge of the nursing profession\u27s code of ethics and (47,3%) respondents has a fair level of knowledge of caring in the nursing profession. It was recommended for nursing faculty to give education and motivate students to practice the knowledge of the nursing profession\u27s code of ethics and caring in daily activities

Saudi Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards the Nursing Profession

Objective: The purposes of the current study are: 1. Measure the nursing student’s attitude toward nursing profession 2. Investigate the effect of Socio demographic factors on nursing students’ attitudes toward the nursing profession. Methodology: A descriptive cross- sectional design was utilized to identify the nursing students’ attitudes toward nursing profession. A non probability convenience sample was used in the present study. All of the students enrolled in the fall semester Academic year 2012/2013 at the College of Nursing, were invited to participate in the survey of Student Nursing Attitudes towards the Nursing Profession. The participation was voluntary and anonymous and the purpose of the study was fully explained before gaining the participants’ consents. Only 152 students participated and returned the questionnaires. The students were allocated in different academic years including the first, second, third, fourth and the internship year. Data were collected using the Attitude Scale for Nursing Profession developed by Coban&Kasikci (2011), which was used in surveying the nursing students’ attitudes toward nursing profession. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 18.0. Results: Current study findings revealed that the mean attitude score of the nursing student was 150.48 ± 17.86, which tended to be a positive attitude toward the nursing profession with a range of scores from 96 – 178.  And the student coming from the Central (Mean score =151.92, p = 0.02), South (Mean score =156.75, p = 0.02) and East region (147.30, p = 0.02) had significant statistical differences regarding positive attitudes toward the profession when compared to the students coming from the North region (Mean score =110.50, p = 0.02) who on the contrary had significantly statistically negative attitudes. Conclusion: The attitude of Saudi nursing students tends to be positive towards nursing profession. On the other hand, the negative attitudes towards nursing profession held by the minority of the students were related to residence in North region and young age group; less than 20 years old. Key words: Nursing profession – nursing students – Attitudes

What's Philosophical About Moral Distress?

Moral distress is a well-documented phenomenon in the nursing profession, and increasingly thought to be implicated in a nation-wide nursing shortage in the US. First identified by the philosopher Andrew Jameton in 1984, moral distress has also proven resistant to various attempts to prevent its occurrence or at least mitigate its effects. While this would seem to be bad news for nurses and their patients, it is potentially good news for philosophical counselors, for whom there is both socially important and philosophically interesting work to be done. In an effort to encourage such work, this paper explicates the philosophical (as opposed to more purely psychological or institutional) contours of the problem. A subsequent paper, titled 'A Philosophical Counseling Approach to Moral Distress,' will highlight ways in which such a response would differ from the strategies so far deployed within the nursing profession

Attitudes of Students at Sultan Qaboos University towards the Nursing Profession

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) students towards the nursing profession. Methods: A sample of 377 students (male = 130; female = 247) were selected from different colleges of SQU, including the College of Nursing. A questionnaire was constructed and validated to assess the attitudes of SQU students towards the nursing profession. Results: Findings revealed that both male and female students in all academic years and colleges had positive attitudes toward the nursing profession. The findings also revealed that gender and academic year created no significant differences (P <0.05) among the study participants, but that the students’ college affiliation did have a significant effect on their attitudes. In particular, nursing students had more positive attitudes than students of other colleges. Conclusion: Findings indicated that the attitudes of SQU students towards the nursing profession were positive, especially those of the nursing students. This means that serious efforts should be made to continue to promote the nursing profession and so ensure that it remains positively regarded by all concerned

Indirect Pathways Into Practice: A Comparative Examination of Indian and Philippine Internationally Educated Nurses and Their Entry Into Ontario’s Nursing Profession

In Canada half of all internationally educated nurses (IENs) are employed in Ontario, and in 2010 the top three countries where new IENs had received their training were the Philippines, India and China. This presentation reports on preliminary results from an ongoing research project examining the experiences of IENs from the Philippines and India who intend to enter Ontario’s nursing profession indirectly via temporary migration streams. The preliminary survey results will be presented, including differences in the characteristics and experiences of the two groups as they follow migration and occupational pathways to enter Canada and the nursing profession in Ontario. The preliminary findings will highlight some of the issues the data reveal in terms of specific settlement experiences, issues of effective conversion of pre-migration training into professional practice post-migration, and how policy shifts toward temporary and two-step migration may be shaping the nature of IENs’ indirect pathways into practice

Nurse education 2015: what is changing?

Quality With Compassion: The Future Of Nursing Education report by Willis (2012) identified that the move to an all-degree nursing profession could not be held directly responsible for poor practice or the perceived decline in standards of care. Nor did it find any evidence that degree-level registration was damaging to patient care

Kicking hornets nests: An occupational hazard

This poster reflects on an innovative process used to review an existing NZNO publication: “Social media and the nursing profession: a guide to online professionalism for nurses and nursing students” (2012) and considers how the process disrupted the dominant professional voice that is a characteristic of publications by an influential author such as NZNO