ArticleBMC nursing2025
Professional competency and moral courage among staff nurses.
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- Moral courage in health sciences students: a systematic review of challenges, influencing factors, and consequences.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
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- Self-Leadership and Caring as Foundations of Relational Accountability in Nursing Clinical Judgement: A Conceptual Analysis.Nursing open · 2026Review
- Effect of a conflict management workshop with simulated mediation and mock court proceedings: a mixed-methods study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Nurse-Facilitated Self-Management in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Determinants of Moral Courage Including the Role of Workplace Conditions, Grief Support, and Salary Among Surgical Nurses in Jiaxing Tertiary Class A Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundNurses must possess professional competency and moral courage to ensure the excellence of care and safety for patient, communicate effectively with other healthcare staff, and promote the establishment of consistent and universal care.
aimThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between professional competency and moral courage among staff nurses.
methodsA descriptive correlational study design was conducted at Ain Shams University Hospital, affiliated with Ain Shams University Hospitals. The study included 172 out of 310 staff nurses. Three tools were used for data collection, namely: Personal Characteristics Sheet, The Nurse Professional Competency Scale-Short Form (NPC-Scale SF), and The Nurses' Moral Courage Scale (NMCS). Data were collected over a period of six weeks, starting from the second half of April 2024 until the end of May 2024.
resultsThis study revealed that 42.7% of the staff nurses were aged between 25 and 35 years, 61.4% were female, 28.7% held a nursing technical degree, and 51.5% had more than five years of experience. In addition, more than three-fifths of the participants reported a moderate level of professional competency, followed by a low level. Similarly, two-thirds of the participants reported a moderate level of moral courage, followed by a low level. Furthermore, there was a strong positive correlation between professional competency and moral courage among staff nurses (r = 0.637**, p = 0.000).
conclusionThis study concluded that there was a strong positive significant relationship between professional competency and moral courage among staff nurses, which answered the research question. This study recommends that training and educational programs should be conducted regularly and continuously to update and expand nurses' knowledge and skills concerning professional competencies and the implementation of ideal models in clinical practice.
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