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NCT Number: NCT06370377

Nurses' Adherence to Professional Nursing Code of Ethics and Quality of Nursing Care Satisfaction

Nursing code of ethics is an essential part of nursing professional practice. Nurses' adherence to a code of ethics is an important pillar of improving their performance, providing good nursing care and achieving patient satisfaction.

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Key information

Conditions

Professional Role Behavior Communication Ethics, Narrative Health Behavior Narration Nurse's Role Patient Satisfaction Satisfaction, Patient Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Marsá Maţrūḩ, 002, Egypt

About this study

Nursing code of ethics is an essential part of nursing professional practice. Nurses' adherence to a code of ethics is an important pillar of improving their performance, providing good nursing care and achieving patient satisfaction.This study aimed to examine relationship between nurses' adherence to an Egyptian professional nursing code of ethical practice and patient satisfaction with quality of nursing care in critical and medical-surgical care units.

Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Nurses
  • willing to participate in the study
  • work in surgical intensive and critical care units
  • Sign a consent
  • Patients
  • Alert, conscious and educated patients
  • More than 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • Nurses
  • Work in outpatient units and other units
  • Did not sign a consent
  • Patients
  • Unaware or could not communicate
  • less than 18 years old

Treatment and study plan

the Egyptian code of ethical practice

Other

Nurses' adherence to the Egyptian code of ethical practice

Primary outcomes

  1. Questionnaire to measure source of nurses' knowledge about Egyptian code of ethics

    Time frame: one month

    source of nurses' knowledge about Egyptian code of ethics as assessed using a binary scale of yes=1 and no =0.

  2. Observational checklist to measure

    Time frame: one month

    nurses' adherence to an Egyptian professional nursing code of ethical practice as assessed using three ranking scales (never practice (0 points) or sometimes practice (0.5 points) and always practice (1 point).

  3. Questionnaire to measure patient satisfaction with the quality of nursing care

    Time frame: one month

    Patient satisfaction with quality of nursing care as assessed using five Likert scales ranging from 1 = poor and 5 = excellent.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Matrouh University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Critical and Medical-Surgical Nurses' Adherence to Professional Nursing Code of Ethics and Quality of Nursing Care Satisfaction

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 17, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 17, 2024

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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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