Relationship Between Moral Reasoning and the Quality of Care of Nurses Affiliated with Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in 2024

Amiri, Milad; Kokabiasl, Simin; Dehbanizadeh, Abolfazl; Rezaee, Malihe

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Amiri M, Kokabiasl S, Dehbanizadeh A, Rezaee M. Relationship Between Moral Reasoning and the Quality of Care of Nurses Affiliated with Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in 2024. IJMEHM 2024; 17 (S1) :1-2
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Relationship Between Moral Reasoning and the Quality of Care of Nurses Affiliated with Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in 2024

Milad Amiri ^*¹, Simin Kokabiasl², Abolfazl Dehbanizadeh³, Malihe Rezaee⁴

1- MS in Psychiatric Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
2- MS in Psychiatric Nursing, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
3- MS in Medical-surgical Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
4- MS in Pediatric Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran

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The nursing profession has a moral nature. Explaining and clarifying the role of moral reasoning in the quality of nursing care in nurses helps improve the quality of services in the treatment system and, as a result, increases the satisfaction of patients. This study aimed to determine the relationship between moral reasoning and the quality of nursing care in nurses affiliated with Yasuj University of Medical Science in 2024. The present study is cross-sectional and correlational, which was conducted on 187 nurses working in the clinical departments of Shahid Jalil, Shahid Beheshti and Imam Sajjad hospitals in Yasuj City in 2024. Participants were selected using systematic random sampling. Questionnaires of nursing ethical dilemmas and the quality of nursing care were used to collect information. T-test, one-way analysis of variance (Bonferroni post hoc test), and linear regression were used. Data analysis was done using SPSS 26 software. In this study, the mean and standard deviation of moral reasoning and quality of nursing care are 38.86 ± 5.39 and 199.34 ± 18.83, respectively. These results indicate the average level of moral reasoning and the desired level of nursing care quality. Also, the results of the study showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between moral reasoning and the quality of nurses' care (p = 0.01 and r = 0.188). On the other hand, with the increase in familiarity with ethical challenges and problems, the quality of nursing is decreased (p=0.007 and r=0.188) The findings of this study showed that nurses' moral reasoning is positively and significantly related to the quality of nursing care. This shows that nurses' ability to analyze and solve ethical issues can lead to providing better and more responsible care. However, reducing the quality of care by increasing nurses' awareness of ethical dilemmas highlights an important challenge. This may be due to the complexities involved in ethical decision-making, conflicts in the workplace, or the pressures of dealing with ethically difficult situations. Based on this, it is suggested to design and implement educational and support programs to strengthen the moral and psychological skills of nurses to prevent the negative effects of awareness of moral dilemmas on the quality of care and at the same time strengthen their moral reasoning.

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Type of Study: Ethics Congress | Subject: Health Ethics Congress (11th) - Poster Presentation
Received: 2026/02/15 | Revised: 2026/02/24 | Accepted: 2024/12/22 | Published: 2024/12/22