Nurses' Adherence to Professional Nursing Code of Ethics and Quality of Nursing Care Satisfaction

April 14, 2024 updated by: Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Matrouh University

Critical and Medical-Surgical Nurses' Adherence to Professional Nursing Code of Ethics and Quality of Nursing Care 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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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 (Actual)

400

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Mersa Matruh, Egypt, 002
        • Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Nurses: A convenience sampling was carried out on 400 nurses; 200 nurses in critical care units and 200 nurses in medical-surgical care units.400 alert, conscious and educated patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Nurses

    • willing to participate in the study
    • work in surgical intensive and critical care units
    • Sign a consent

  • Patients

    • Alert, conscious and educated patients
    • More than 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nurses

    • Work in outpatient units and other units
    • Did not sign a consent

  • Patients

    • Unaware or could not communicate
    • less than 18 years old

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Questionnaire to measure source of nurses' knowledge about Egyptian code of ethics
Time Frame: one month
source of nurses' knowledge about Egyptian code of ethics as assessed using a binary scale of yes=1 and no =0.
one month
Observational checklist to measure
Time Frame: one month
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).
one month
Questionnaire to measure patient satisfaction with the quality of nursing care
Time Frame: one month
Patient satisfaction with quality of nursing care as assessed using five Likert scales ranging from 1 = poor and 5 = excellent.
one month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Matrouh University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Wael M. Lotfy, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt
  • Principal Investigator: Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt
  • Study Chair: Safaa M. El-Shanawany, Ph.D, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • Study Chair: Maha Ghanem, Ph.D, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • Principal Investigator: Hanaa Abbass, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University , Egypt
  • Principal Investigator: Maysa Elbiaa, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University , Egypt

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 28, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

February 28, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 14, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

April 17, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 17, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 0305899

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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