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Experience of Clinical Nurse's Bioethics Dilemma during the COVID-19

코로나-19 상황 속 임상간호사의 생명윤리의식 딜레마 경험

  • Received : 2022.01.07
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.03.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for improving the coping ability of clinical nurses by deeply analyzing and understanding the bioethics dilemma the clinical nurses experience in the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the essence of bioethics dilemma the clinical nurses would experience in the COVID-19 pandemic, this study interviewed with a clinical nurse and then analyzed it by using Colaizzi (1978)'s phenomenological method. In the results of this study, total three theme clusters were drawn such as 'Agony to face a situation that violates the principle of respect for man's life and dignity', 'Frustration and confusion caused by the situation in which the principle of good deed and prohibition of evil deed cannot be kept', and 'Doubt about fulfilling and not fulfilling the principle of justice'. To improve the ability to cope with bioethics dilemma the clinical nurses experience in the pandemic situation based on the results of this study, it would be necessary to establish the education and policy for clinical nurses, and also to make efforts to improve the treatment of nurses.

본 연구의 목적은 COVID-19 팬데믹 상황에서 임상 간호사가 경험하는 생명윤리의식 딜레마를 깊이 분석하고 이해함으로써 임상 간호사의 대처 능력을 향상시키기 위한 기초자료를 제공하는 것이다. 본 연구는 COVID-19 상황 속 임상간호사가 겪는 생명윤리의식 딜레마의 본질을 이해하기 위해 임상간호사를 직접 면담한 뒤 Colaizzi(1978)의 현상학적 방법을 이용해 분석하였다. 연구 결과 '인간 존중의 원칙이 위배된 상황을 마주해야 하는 괴로움 ', '선행 및 악행금지 원칙을 지킬 수 없는 안타까움과 혼란', '정의의 원칙 이행 및 불이행에 대한 회의감' 총 3가지 주제모음을 도출하였다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 임상간호사가 팬데믹 상황에서 겪는 생명윤리의식 딜레마에 대한 대처능력을 높이기 위해서는 임상간호사 교육과 정책 수립, 간호사 처우개선 노력 등이 필요하다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was conducted as a research project of the Korea Research Foundation (NRF 2019R1G1A108915412).

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