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Awareness of Biomedical ethics of Long-term Care Hospital Nurses

요양병원 간호사의 생명의료윤리 의식

  • Received : 2015.05.06
  • Accepted : 2015.06.11
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the awareness of biomedical ethics of long-term care hospital nurses. A survey research was conducted in this study with 183 nurses that worked for over five months at long-term care hospitals located in Gwangju and Jeonnam region. Using SPSS 21.0 program, collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test and Pearson's correlation analysis were also used for post hoc test. In terms of the awareness of biomedical ethics of the research participants, it was at an above average level. Among the sub-categories of biomedical ethics, awareness of right of life of fetus and awareness of artificial abortion showed most meaningful correlation. It would be necessary to provide bioethics education to new nurses or university students majoring in Nursing at related organizations or college of nursing to help them establish ethical values to seek patients' well-being.

본 연구는 요양병원 간호사의 생명의료윤리 의식정도를 파악하는 것이다. 본 연구는 광주와 전남 지역 요양병원에 근무하고 요양병원에서 근무한지 5개월 이상 된 간호사 183명을 대상으로 설문지를 사용하였으며, 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여, 기술통계, Independent t-test와 one-way ANOVA, 사후검증은 $scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, 상관관계분석(Pearson's Correlation Analysis)으로 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 대상자의 생명의료윤리 의식에 대한 대상자들의 의식은 중간보다 높은 수준이었다. 생명의료윤리 하위영역별 의식 중 태아생명권의 의식과 임신중절의 의식이 가장 유의한 양적 상관관계가 있었다. 요양병원 간호사의 생명의료윤리의식 정도는 높았으나, 가치관이 정립되지 않아 임상상황에서 의사결정이 혼돈된다. 따라서 기관의 신규간호사나 간호대학생에게 생명의료윤리 교육을 통해 윤리적 가치관을 확립하여 환자의 안녕에 기여해야 할 것이다.

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