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NCT Number: NCT06470984

Ethics Education to Support Nurse Leaders in HealthCare

Using an exploratory study design with an educational intervention, a pre/post evaluation of ethical confidence and competence will be completed for nursing leaders working in either acute care or post-acute care with primary purpose to increase ethical competency and confidence in decision making for nursing leaders in a clinical role.

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This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Conditions

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior

Age range

21 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

OSF HealthCare

Peoria, Illinois, 61602, United States

About this study

The purpose of this project is to implement an ethics educational program that has been developed in collaboration with subject matter experts to support patient facing nursing leaders. The intervention is an ethics education pathway, which will be used for approximately 60-80 patient-facing nurse leaders who practice in either acute care or post-acute care over a 6-week period. One Pre and two post-assessment questionnaires will be distributed, which include the "Ethical Competence Support Questionnaire" © and the "Ethical Safety Questionnaire" ©. Permission for the instrument use was obtained from the author.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • employment within an in-patient or outpatient non-profit healthcare setting as a nursing leader.
  • settings include acute-care units and post-acute care facilities

Exclusion criteria

  • nurses working direct care 100% of their time without any formal leadership responsibilities

Treatment and study plan

Educational intervention

Behavioral

Professional development program provided online to small groups of professional nurse leaders via an educational platform over a 6-week period.

Primary outcomes

  1. Ethical Competence Support Questionnaire

    Time frame: change from baseline in the ethical competence measure at 6 weeks after initiation.

    The ethical competence support questionnaire contains 27 items addressing four subcategories: encouragement of ethical activity, provision of information on ethical issues, dealing with ethical issues, and conversational support. A 5-point Likert Scale is used for measurement: Strong disagree to Strongly Agree. Minimum value = 1 maximum value =5.

  2. Ethical Safety Questionnaire

    Time frame: change from baseline in the ethical safety measure at 6 weeks after initiation.

    The ethical safety questionnaire contains11 items addressing four subcategories: general ethical safety, ethical autonomy, ethical respect, and ethical competence. A 5-point Likert Scale is used for measurement: Strong disagree to Strongly Agree. Minimum value = 1 maximum value =5.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Ethical Confidence Assessment

    Time frame: change from baseline in the ethical competence measure at 6 weeks following initiation and at 3 months.

    Confidence as a nurse leader for ethical decision making is rated on a 1-10 scale. 0=not confident 10= very confident

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

OSF Healthcare System

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Ethics Education Supporting Acute and Post-Acute Nurse Leaders - 2nd Cohort

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jun 24, 2024
Registry last updated
May 1, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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