Analysis of Factors Affecting Passive Ethical Behavior of Nurses

• Project/Area Number: 25463339
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Mikiko Hori 香川県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (60321254)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 枝川 千鶴子 愛媛県立医療技術大学, 保健科学部, 准教授(移行) (00363200) ; 平木 民子 香川県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (60308286)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 看護倫理 / 倫理的行動 / 消極的倫理行動 / 看護師 / 倫理的問題

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to describe the real situation concerning passive ethical behavior of nurses. Passive ethical behavior was defined as an action to evade the enforcement of nursing care considered to be the best in the subjective recognition of nurses without their real intention. The participants were 10 nurses who were interviewed using a narrative approach. Results showed that the nurses talked mainly about the following; The narrative part of factors affecting passive ethical behavior including own immaturity, difference of the level of nurses; policy and climate of hospital ward; pace of their work being disturbed; existence of a scary person, a difficult person; inability to give their opinion to the doctor; and nursing to adjust circumstances of the nurse.