Ethical sensitivity levels of pediatric nurses and effective factors

Objective: This study aims to identify the ethical sensitivity levels of pediatric nurses and the factors affecting this sensitivity Methods: Without choosing a sample group from the population, the study was carried out with 120 pediatric nurses who accepted to participate in the study realized in Erzurum. The data were collected via the Socio-Demographic Data Form prepared by the researchers and Ethical Sensitivity Scale. Percentage distribution, average, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann Whitney U tests, t-test and Dunn test were used in evaluating the data. Results: The average of the total points that nurses got from ethical sensitivity scale was found as 93.80 +/- 19.10. It was also found that the age of the nurses affected the "Autonomy" and "Orientation" sub-dimensions and "Ethical Sensitivity Total Point". It was revealed that marital status had an impact on "providing benefit" and "application" sub-dimension points of the scale while educational background had an impact on "autonomy" and "providing benefit" points. It was found that the ethical training of nurses after graduation had an impact on "application" sub-dimension while the existence of an ethical committee in the institution they work for had an impact on "providing benefit" and "conflict" sub-dimensions. Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that the ethical sensitivity levels of nurses were lower than the ethical sensitivity levels detected in many previous studies and some factors were effective on ethical sensitivity levels.