Development of Ethical Decision Making Model of Nurse Executives

Research Project

Project/Area Number	14572246
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	基礎・地域看護学
Research Institution	College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo
Principal Investigator	KATSUHARA Yumiko College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo, Nursing, Associate Professor, 看護学部, 助教授 (60264842)
Project Period (FY)	2002 – 2003
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000) Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000) Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywords	Nurse executive / ethical dilemma / ethical decision making / decision making process / 倫理課題
Research Abstract	Ethical Decision Making Process Model of Nurse Executives is developed. Twenty five nurse executives were asked to talk about "the most distressful ethical issues you have confronted since you became nurse executive". Forty one stories were analyses by three aspects ; value judgment, authority of decision making, and feeling about the result of decision making. Their decision making processes are categorized by four types, which are "decision making followed by their own value judgment", "decision making with moral distress", "decision making with ethical dilemma", "no authority of decision making" There are two points, which will be explored in future. More daily ethical issues will be dealt. First line managers' ethical issues will be applied.