J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2023 Nov;29(4):371-380. 10.5977/jkasne.2023.29.4.371.

The impact of nursing students’ biomedical and artificial intelligence ethical awareness, ethical values, and professional self-concept on their ethical decision-making confidence

• Park S
• Jang I

• KMID: 2548374
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2023.29.4.371

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between nursing students’ biomedical and artificial intelligence (AI) ethical awareness, ethical values, professional self-concept, and ethical decision-making confidence, and to then identify factors that can influence their ethical decision-making confidence.
Methods
This study employed a descriptive research method and was conducted from June 8 to 12, 2023, with 204 students from three nursing colleges in Korea. The collected data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, independent t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using IBM SPSS 23.0.
Results
The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the regression model was significant (F=18.88, p<.001) and that professional self-concept (β=.46, p<.001), ethics education (β=.23, p<.001), AI ethical awareness (β=.16, p=.020), and relativistic ethical values (β=.14, p=.035) explained 34.6% of the nursing students’ ethical decision-making confidence.
Conclusion
It is necessary to include professional self-concept, AI ethical awareness, and ethical values contents when constructing the curriculums of educational programs in order to improve nursing students’ ethical decision-making confidence.

Keyword

Nursing students, Bioethics, Artificial intelligence, Professionalism; 간호대학생, 생명윤리, 인공지능, 전문직 자아개념