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

NCT06370377 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0305899
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Professional Role; Nurse's Role; Ethics, Narrative; Satisfaction, Patient

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

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

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

  one month

• Observational checklist to measure

  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).

  one month

• Questionnaire to measure patient satisfaction with the quality of nursing care

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

  one month

Interventions

the Egyptian code of ethical practice OTHER

Nurses' adherence to the Egyptian code of ethical practice

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Nurses: A convenience sampling was carried out on 400 nurses; 200 nurses in critical care units and 200 nurses in medical-surgical care units.400 alert, conscious and educated patients

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Matrouh University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Marsá Maţrūḩ, 002, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Narration; Patient Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communication; Behavior; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Wael M. Lotfy, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Safaa M. El-Shanawany, Ph.D

  Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

  STUDY CHAIR

• Maha Ghanem, Ph.D

  Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

  STUDY CHAIR

• Hanaa Abbass, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University , Egypt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Maysa Elbiaa, Ph.D

  Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University , Egypt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor of Nursing administration

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2024
• First Posted: April 17, 2024
• Study Start: December 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2023
• Study Completion: February 28, 2023
• Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)