Ethics Education to Support Nurse Leaders in HealthCare

NCT06470984 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2193504
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

nursing ethics; clinical ethics; ethical competence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Ethical Competence Support Questionnaire

  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.

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

• Ethical Safety Questionnaire

  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.

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

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Ethical Confidence Assessment

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

Study Arms (2)

Acute Care

EXPERIMENTAL

Nursing leaders will participate voluntarily and will report their leadership role as acute care (hospital settings).

Behavioral: Educational intervention

Post-Acute Care

EXPERIMENTAL

Nursing leaders will participate voluntarily and will report their leadership role as post-acute care (ambulatory settings)

Behavioral: Educational intervention

Interventions

Educational intervention BEHAVIORAL

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

Acute Care; Post-Acute Care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• OSF Healthcare System: lead

Study Sites (1)

OSF HealthCare

Peoria, Illinois, 61602, United States

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Aitamaa E, Suhonen R, Iltanen S, Puukka P, Leino-Kilpi H. Ethical problems in nursing management: Frequency and difficulty of the problems. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 Jan/Mar;46(1):25-34. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000236.

  PMID: 30724758 BACKGROUND

• Barkhordari-Sharifabad M, Ashktorab T, Atashzadeh-Shoorideh F. Obstacles and problems of ethical leadership from the perspective of nursing leaders: a qualitative content analysis. J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2017 Feb 21;10:1. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 28523116 BACKGROUND

• Poikkeus T, Suhonen R, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Organisational and individual support for nurses' ethical competence: A cross-sectional survey. Nurs Ethics. 2018 May;25(3):376-392. doi: 10.1177/0969733016642627. Epub 2016 May 10.

  PMID: 27165144 BACKGROUND

• Poikkeus T, Suhonen R, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Relationships between organizational and individual support, nurses' ethical competence, ethical safety, and work satisfaction. Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 Jan/Mar;45(1):83-93. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000195.

  PMID: 29533273 BACKGROUND

• Salmela S, Koskinen C, Eriksson K. Nurse leaders as managers of ethically sustainable caring cultures. J Adv Nurs. 2017 Apr;73(4):871-882. doi: 10.1111/jan.13184. Epub 2016 Nov 11.

  PMID: 27732746 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Interventions

Early Intervention, Educational

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Health Services; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Preventive Health Services

Study Officials

• Jill K Greenwood-Williamson, DNP, RN

  OSF HealthCare

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Clinical Education

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2024
• First Posted: June 24, 2024
• Study Start: July 2, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: May 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)