Ethical values and standards are central to nursing profession, and they are considered as the basis of caring relationship between nurses and clients. Continuous exposure to ethical dilemmas had detrimental impact on nurse clinicians and might contribute to nurse-client conflict. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the Jordanian nurses’ perceptions of ethical issues and exposure to the workplace violence from clients and/or relatives. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used in this study. Data were collected through electronic survey questionnaires from 181 nurse clinicians from eight Jordanian hospitals. Arabic version of Ethical Issues Scale (EIS) was used to collect data related to perceptions of ethical issues among study participants. The results showed that about 80.7% of participants were exposed to workplace violence. Nurses who were exposed to workplace violence scored significantly higher on EIS than nurses who were not. Exposure to workplace violence has been found to be associated with moral distress and indulgence in ethical situations and dilemmas.
Ethical values and standards are central to nursing profession, and they are considered as the basis of caring relationship between nurses and clients. Continuous exposure to ethical dilemmas had detrimental impact on nurse clinicians and might contribute to nurse-client conflict. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the Jordanian nurses’ perceptions of ethical issues and exposure to the workplace violence from clients and/or relatives. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used in this study. Data were collected through electronic survey questionnaires from 181 nurse clinicians from eight Jordanian hospitals. Arabic version of Ethical Issues Scale (EIS) was used to collect data related to perceptions of ethical issues among study participants. The results showed that about 80.7% of participants were exposed to workplace violence. Nurses who were exposed to workplace violence scored significantly higher on EIS than nurses who were not. Exposure to workplace violence has been found to be associated with moral distress and indulgence in ethical situations and dilemmas.
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