Levels of exposure to ethical conflict in the ICU: Correlation between sociodemographic variables and the clinical environment

Intensive & Critical Care Nursing : the Official Journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
Anna Falcó-PeguerolesJoan Guàrdia-Olmos

Abstract

To analyse the level of exposure of nurses to ethical conflict and determine the relationship between this exposure, sociodemographic variables and perceptions of the clinical environment. Prospective and descriptive correlational study conducted at 10 intensive care units in two tertiary hospitals affiliated to the University of Barcelona. Sociodemographic and professional data were recorded from a questionnaire and then the previously validated Ethical Conflict in Nursing Questionnaire-Critical Care Version was administered to obtain data regarding experiences of ethical conflict. Two hundred and three nurses (68.6%) participated in the study, of whom only 11.8% had training in bioethics. Exposure to ethical conflict was moderate with a x¯=182.35 (SD=71.304; [0-389]). The realisation that analgesia is ineffective and the administration of treatment without having participated in the decision-making process were the most frequently reported ethical conflicts. Professionals who perceived their environment as supportive for dealing with ethical conflicts reported lower levels of these events (p=0.001). Ethical conflict is an internal problem but it is strongly influenced by certain variables and environmental conditions. The inv...Continue Reading

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