Nursing code of ethics is an essential part of nursing professional practice. Nurses' adherence to a code of ethics is an important pillar of improving their performance, providing good nursing care and achieving patient satisfaction.
Nursing code of ethics is an essential part of nursing professional practice. Nurses' adherence to a code of ethics is an important pillar of improving their performance, providing good nursing care and achieving patient satisfaction.This study aimed to examine relationship between nurses' adherence to an Egyptian professional nursing code of ethical practice and patient satisfaction with quality of nursing care in critical and medical-surgical care units.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
Nurses' adherence to the Egyptian code of ethical practice
Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University
Marsá Maţrūḩ, Egypt
Questionnaire to measure source of nurses' knowledge about Egyptian code of ethics
source of nurses' knowledge about Egyptian code of ethics as assessed using a binary scale of yes=1 and no =0.
Time frame: one month
Observational checklist to measure
nurses' adherence to an Egyptian professional nursing code of ethical practice as assessed using three ranking scales (never practice (0 points) or sometimes practice (0.5 points) and always practice (1 point).
Time frame: one month
Questionnaire to measure patient satisfaction with the quality of nursing care
Patient satisfaction with quality of nursing care as assessed using five Likert scales ranging from 1 = poor and 5 = excellent.
Time frame: one month
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