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ArticleBMC nursing2021

Iranian nurses' views on barriers to moral courage in practice: A qualitative descriptive study.

Mahnaz Rakhshan, Noushin Mousazadeh, Hamideh Hakimi, Fahimeh Alsadat Hosseini

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Mahnaz RakhshanCommunity Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Departmalet of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1687-5154
Noushin MousazadehDepartmalet of Nursing, Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran. somaye87@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0516-4325
Hamideh HakimiDepartmalet of Nursing, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran, Iran.
Fahimeh Alsadat HosseiniCommunity Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9294

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Abstract

backgroundNursing is a caring profession. Due to the nature of their work, nurses need to have the moral courage to deliver safe nursing care. Research results have reported a low level of moral courage in the majority of nurses. The current study aimed to identify the barriers to show moral courage in Iranian nurses.

methodsThis study was qualitative research that was conducted using conventional content analysis. Data was gathered using in-person, semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Interviews were conducted from March to September 2020. Purposeful sampling was used and sampling was continued until data saturation was reached. Participants were 19 nurses working in hospitals in Iran.

resultsAccording to data analysis, six categories and three themes were extracted. Themes are "organizational failure", "deterrent personal identity" and "defeated professional identity".

conclusionsThe results of this study revealed the barriers to show moral courage which were usually overlooked in previous quantitative studies. It appears that the elimination of these barriers is an effective step in the improvemalet of nurses' competencies. The results of this study can be helpful in the developmalet of programs to address the factors affecting nurses' moral courage.

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