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Predictors of Wound Ostomy and Incontinence Nurses' Ethical Behaviors for Protecting Patient Rights: A Descriptive and Correlational Study
Yara, Ostomi ve İnkontinans Hemşirelerinin Hasta Haklarını Korumaya Yönelik Etik Davranışlarının Belirleyicileri: Tanımlayıcı ve Korelasyonel Bir Çalışma
Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics. 2025;33(2):59-65
doi: 10.5336/mdethic.2025-109316
Makale Dili: EN
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ABSTRACT
This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study aimed to determine the ethical behaviors of wound, ostomy, and incontinence nurses in protecting patient rights and to identify the factors influencing these behaviors. A convenience sample of 110 Turkish wound, ostomy and incontinence nurses using social media accounts and WhatsApp groups of the Wound, Ostomy, and Incontinence Nurses' Society participated in this study. The data were collected using the Nurses' Ethical Behaviors for Protecting Patient Rights Scale. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the data. The mean age of the nurses was 40.81 years (SD=6.28), 93.6% were female, and 54.5% had a bachelor's degree. The mean score of nurses' ethical behaviours for protecting patients' rights was 128.80±6.85. Nurses who received postgraduate education (β=0.183), had 21 years or more experience as wound, ostomy, and incontinence nurse (β=0.245), and received ethics training (β=0.258) had significantly higher scores (p<0.05). This study revealed that wound, ostomy and incontinence nurses exhibited moderate ethical behaviour for patient rights. Education level, experience working as a wound, ostomy and incontinence nurses, and ethics training were determinants of ethical behaviors for patient rights. Therefore, nurses should be supported in receiving postgraduate education, and ethics education should be included in continuing education.
Keywords: Ethical behaviors; patients' rights; predictors; wound; ostomy and incontinence nurses
This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study aimed to determine the ethical behaviors of wound, ostomy, and incontinence nurses in protecting patient rights and to identify the factors influencing these behaviors. A convenience sample of 110 Turkish wound, ostomy and incontinence nurses using social media accounts and WhatsApp groups of the Wound, Ostomy, and Incontinence Nurses' Society participated in this study. The data were collected using the Nurses' Ethical Behaviors for Protecting Patient Rights Scale. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the data. The mean age of the nurses was 40.81 years (SD=6.28), 93.6% were female, and 54.5% had a bachelor's degree. The mean score of nurses' ethical behaviours for protecting patients' rights was 128.80±6.85. Nurses who received postgraduate education (β=0.183), had 21 years or more experience as wound, ostomy, and incontinence nurse (β=0.245), and received ethics training (β=0.258) had significantly higher scores (p<0.05). This study revealed that wound, ostomy and incontinence nurses exhibited moderate ethical behaviour for patient rights. Education level, experience working as a wound, ostomy and incontinence nurses, and ethics training were determinants of ethical behaviors for patient rights. Therefore, nurses should be supported in receiving postgraduate education, and ethics education should be included in continuing education.
Keywords: Ethical behaviors; patients' rights; predictors; wound; ostomy and incontinence nurses
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Bu nicel, tanımlayıcı, kesitsel çalışmanın amacı yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşirelerinin hasta haklarını korumaya yönelik etik davranışlarını ve bu davranışları etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir. Bu çalışmaya, Yara, Ostomi ve İnkontinans Hemşireleri Derneği'nin sosyal medya hesaplarını ve WhatsApp gruplarını kullanan 110 Türk yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşiresi katılmıştır. Veriler, Hemşirelerin Hasta Haklarını Korumaya Yönelik Etik Davranışları Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Hemşirelerin yaş ortalaması 40,81 (SS=6,28), %93,6'sı kadın ve %54,5'i lisans mezunudur. Hemşirelerin hasta haklarını korumaya yönelik etik davranış puan ortalaması 128,80±6,85'dir. Lisansüstü eğitim alan (β=0,183), 21 yıl ve üzeri yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşireliği deneyimine sahip olan (β=0,245) ve etik eğitimi alan (β=0,258) hemşirelerin puanları anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p<0,05). Bu çalışma, yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşirelerinin hasta hakları konusunda orta düzeyde etik davranış sergilediklerini ortaya koymuştur. Eğitim düzeyi, yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşiresi olarak çalışma deneyimi ve etik eğitimi, hasta haklarına yönelik etik davranışların belirleyicileri olmuştur. Bu nedenle, hemşirelerin mezuniyet sonrası eğitim almaları desteklenmeli ve etik eğitimi sürekli eğitim kapsamına alınmalıdır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Etik davranışlar; hasta hakları; belirleyiciler; yara; ostomi ve inkontinans hemşireleri
Bu nicel, tanımlayıcı, kesitsel çalışmanın amacı yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşirelerinin hasta haklarını korumaya yönelik etik davranışlarını ve bu davranışları etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir. Bu çalışmaya, Yara, Ostomi ve İnkontinans Hemşireleri Derneği'nin sosyal medya hesaplarını ve WhatsApp gruplarını kullanan 110 Türk yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşiresi katılmıştır. Veriler, Hemşirelerin Hasta Haklarını Korumaya Yönelik Etik Davranışları Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Hemşirelerin yaş ortalaması 40,81 (SS=6,28), %93,6'sı kadın ve %54,5'i lisans mezunudur. Hemşirelerin hasta haklarını korumaya yönelik etik davranış puan ortalaması 128,80±6,85'dir. Lisansüstü eğitim alan (β=0,183), 21 yıl ve üzeri yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşireliği deneyimine sahip olan (β=0,245) ve etik eğitimi alan (β=0,258) hemşirelerin puanları anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (p<0,05). Bu çalışma, yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşirelerinin hasta hakları konusunda orta düzeyde etik davranış sergilediklerini ortaya koymuştur. Eğitim düzeyi, yara, ostomi ve inkontinans hemşiresi olarak çalışma deneyimi ve etik eğitimi, hasta haklarına yönelik etik davranışların belirleyicileri olmuştur. Bu nedenle, hemşirelerin mezuniyet sonrası eğitim almaları desteklenmeli ve etik eğitimi sürekli eğitim kapsamına alınmalıdır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Etik davranışlar; hasta hakları; belirleyiciler; yara; ostomi ve inkontinans hemşireleri
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