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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Greek Nurses' Perception of Hospital Ethical Climate: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Evangelos C Fradelos, Dimitra Latsou, Victoria Alikari, Ioanna V Papathanasiou, Aikaterini Roupa, Vincent Balang, Konstantinos Tsaras, Dimitrios Papagiannis, Foteini Tzavella

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Evangelos C FradelosNursing Department, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. efradelos@uth.gr.
Dimitra LatsouDepartment of Social and Educational Policy, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece.
Victoria AlikariDepartment of Nursing, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Ioanna V PapathanasiouNursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Aikaterini RoupaPICU, University Hospital of Herakleion, Iraklio, Greece.
Vincent BalangDepartment of Nursing, University Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Konstantinos TsarasNursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Dimitrios PapagiannisNursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Foteini TzavellaNursing Department, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece.
University of Thessaly · GRUniversity of Peloponnese · GRUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak · MYUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GRUniversity of West Attica · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to examine Greek nurses' perceptions about hospital ethical climate and to investigate the possible difference of those perceptions regarding their demographic and work-related characteristics. The cross-sectional study design was employed in this study in which 286 nurses and nurse assistants participated. Data were collected by a sheet containing demographic and work-related characteristics and the Greek version of the Oslons' Hospital Ethical Climate Scale. IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences 25 was used in data analysis. Frequencies, means, percentages, and standard deviations summarized the data. For the statistical differences, parametric tests were performed. Independent Samples t and Pearson correlation analysis were used to determine the relationship between the ethical climate of the hospital and the nurses' characteristics. The p-values 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The mean age of the nurses was 44 years (SD: 8.5 years; range 24-66 years). The majority of them were women (77.3%). A percent of 57.7% of the sample was married. Most positive perceptions were concerning managers (4.01) following by peers (3.82), patients (3.69), hospitals (3.29) while the least positive perceptions of the ethical climate were concerning the physicians (3.16). The factors associated with hospital ethical perception were: working experience and responsible position. The highest score of ethical climate reported to managers subscale, while the minimum score was related to physicians. In general, Greek nurses reported positive perceptions regarding hospital ethical climate. The positive ethical climate is associated with a better working environment, fewer nurses' experience of moral distress, fewer chances for nursing turnover, high quality of nursing care, and fewer errors in nursing practice.

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MoralsNursesAdultAgedAttitude of Health PersonnelCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitalsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPerceptionSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultHospital environmentHospital ethical climateNurses

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