Introduction:
The nurses especially in in critical care unitsfacing whit different moral challenges in the health system.
ThatIf this situation is not resolved, will be leading to serious consequences for nurses, patients and
health systems. In the process of these challenges the moral reckoning phenomenon can play a central
role in the stability of personal values nurses. Thus, this study has been conducted with the aim of
determining moral reckoning in the nurses.
Methods and Materials:
Cross sectional-analytical study on 211 intensive care unit nurses of Southern Khorasan hospitals in
2014. Samples were selected by accessible method and was used the 36-item instrument developed by
the researcher. The data collected were analyzed by the software Spss16 and analyzed using descriptive
(mean, standard deviation, frequency and relative frequency) and analytical methods (t-test, ANOVA
and Pearson correlation coefficient).
Results:
The results showed that the mean score of moral reckoningin nurses was (3.27±0.5). There was a
significant relationship among the mean score of moral reckoning and age, number of service years
(P<0.05).
Conclusion:
The results showed that people with more experience successfully spent moral reckoning levels in the
workplace and perhaps they will be able to support role to other people, especially those less
experienced in healthcare team
