Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among personal normative characteristics, personal descriptive characteristics, and ethical behavior of nurses in practice. Little is known about the place of virtue theory in nursing practice and the factors that influence the nurse as moral agent. One hundred thirty-one registered nurses with at least six months' experience working in direct cam positions in one of three hospital practice settings—urban, suburban, and rural—participated in the study. Three instruments were used with the randomized sample: (a) Demographic Data Form, (b) The INSURE Survey™, an instrument used to measure attitudes of potential employees, and (c) the Ethical Behavior Test (EBT) an instrument to measure muses ethical reasoning and ethical action based on dilemmas reflective of clinical experiences. The research design was descriptive, correlational, and multivariate.
Sigma Membership
Delta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Nursing Ethics, Nursing Theory, Virtue Theory
Advisor
Susan G. Taylor
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Missouri - Columbia
Degree Year
1999
Recommended Citation
Godfrey, Nelda S., "Character and ethical behavior of nurses" (2019). Dissertations. 1493.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1493
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-12-20
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9962525; ProQuest document ID: 304511160. The author still retains copyright.