Objective: The most basic role of the nurse is nursing care. For this reason, it is important to determine the factors affecting the care behaviors of nurses. This study aims to determine the effect of nurses' ethical leadership perception and years of working experience on their care behavior. Material and Methods: This study is a single-group descriptive, cross-sectional study. This study participated 211 nurses working in different clinics in a tertiary hospital in Türkiye. Socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire form, Ethical Leadership Scale, and Caring Behaviors Inventory-24 were used in the data collection. Results: We found that ethical leadership and years of working experience significantly positively affected caring behavior (β=0.223, p=0.047). This result shows that 5.8% of the change in caring behavior occurs with the effect of ethical leadership and years of working experience (R2 =0.058). Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was found that ethical leadership, as years of working experience increase, and nursing care behaviors of nurses also increase. In addition, according to this result, the level of care behavior of those with less experience will be low. Therefore, ethical leadership training can be given to executive nurses.
Keywords: Ethics; nursing care; nurses; nursing supervisory
Amaç: Hemşirenin en temel rolü hemşirelik bakımıdır. Bu nedenle hemşirelerin bakım davranışlarını etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi önemlidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, hemşirelerin etik liderlik algısı ve çalışma yıllarının bakım davranışları üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma, tek grup tanımlayıcı, kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Bu çalışmaya Türkiye'de üçüncü basamak bir hastanede farklı kliniklerde çalışan 211 hemşire katılmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında sosyodemografik özellikler anket formu, Etik Liderlik Ölçeği ve Bakım Davranışları Ölçeği-24 kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Etik liderliğin ve tecrübe sürelerinin bakım davranışını önemli ölçüde olumlu etkilediği bulundu (β=0,223, p=0,047). Bu sonuç, bakım davranışındaki değişimin %5,8'inin etik liderliğin ve hemşirelerin tecrübe süreleri etkisiyle gerçekleştiğini göstermektedir (R2 =0,058). Sonuç: Bu çalışma sonucunda hemşirelerin çalışma tecrübesi arttıkça etik liderliğin ve hemşirelik bakım davranışlarının da arttığı saptanmıştır. Ayrıca bu sonuca göre tecrübesi az olan hemşirelerin bakım davranışı düzeyi düşük olacaktır. Bu nedenle yönetici hemşirelere etik liderlik eğitimi verilebilir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Etik; hemşirelik bakımı; hemşireler; hemşirelik yöneticiliği
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