Moral courage, moral sensitivity and safe nursing care in nurses caring of patients with COVID-19

Masoud Khodaveisi, Khodayar Oshvandi, Saeid Bashirian, Salman Khazaei, Mark Gillespie, Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi, Fateme Mohammadi, Masoud Khodaveisi, Khodayar Oshvandi, Saeid Bashirian, Salman Khazaei, Mark Gillespie, Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi, Fateme Mohammadi

Abstract

Aim: Evaluation the moral courage, moral sensitivity and safe nursing care in nurses caring of infected patients by the COVID-19.

Design: This study employed cross-sectional research.

Methods: 520 nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in 5 hospitals were selected via convenience sampling. They completed questionnaires online. Data were analysed by SPSS software version 22.

Results: Findings showed that moral courage has a strong and direct correlation with moral sensitivity (p < .001, r = 0-.70) and safe nursing care (p < .001, r = 0-.74). Variables of moral sensitivity, safe nursing care, work experience, age and employment status can predict 64.76% of the variance in moral courage in these nurses. Nursing care of patients with COVID-19 have reported high moral courage in recent months, and in spite of the numerous tensions and stresses in terms of caring these patients during this relative long period, they are still diligent in providing safe and high sensitive care to these patients.

Keywords: COVID-19; moral courage; moral sensitivity; nurses; patients; safe nursing care.

Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest is declared by the authors.

© 2021 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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