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The Moral Sensibility of Nursing Students

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Adıyaman Üniversitesi, Sağlık Yüksekokulu, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Adıyaman

Arch Health Sci Res 2018; 5: 24-30
DOI: 10.17681/hsp.319379
Read: 2920 Downloads: 1014 Published: 15 December 2019

Purpose: This study was carried out as a descriptive study to determine the moral sensibility of nursing students. Method: The population of study consisted 264 nursing students who enrolled in vocational courses during the spring semester at School of Health Sciences Nursing Department. The study was carried out with 281 nursing students who were informed by researcher voluntarily participated and completely filled the Moral Sensibility Scale. Data was collected by Demographical Characterics Form and Moral Sensibility Scale. Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Median and Percentages were used for analysis. Results: According to findings from study, the average scores of the students were obtained 124.20 ± 31.40. Students' class, socio-,economic status, satisfaction from nursing department, taking of etic lesson and following of publications related etics had statistical significance between Moral Sensibility Scale. Conclusion: In order to increase the level of moral sensibility of nurses and thus to recognize and solve ethical problems, it is suggested to plan undergraduate and postgraduate education programs.

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