Health Commun.  2023 Dec;18(2):101-111. 10.15715/kjhcom.2023.18.2.101.

Factors associated with Nursing Students’ Ethical Values: Focusing on Perceptions of Restraints use, Attitudes regarding use of Restraints and Nursing Professional Values

• Shin S
• Jung S

• KMID: 2552982
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15715/kjhcom.2023.18.2.101

Abstract

Purpose
: This Study is designed to identify factors related to ethical values that can help medical students preparing to become healthcare professionals make better ethical judgments in the face of conflicting opinions. Methods : This study is based on 114 Nursing students in University, preparing and studying to become healthcare professionals. The Data obtained from questionnaires to research perceptions of physical restraints use and attitudes regarding use of restraints, nursing professional values, and scale affect ethical values were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 21.0.
Results
: To research the effects of perceptions of physical restraints use, attitudes regarding use of physical restraints and nursing professional values on ethical values, a hierarchical regression analysis is conducted with three models. In Model 3, as the last step, the perceptions of physical restraints is not a significant predictor of ethical values. However, the attitudes regarding use of restraints and the nursing professional values are related to ethical values.
Conclusion
: The formation of deontological ethics, which begins with the proposition that life is important, can be approached through education related to nursing professional values and education related to physical restraints.

Keyword

Physical restraints; ethical theories; communication; medical education