Moral courage, moral sensitivity and safe nursing care in nurses caring of patients with COVID‐19
Masoud Khodaveisi,
Khodayar Oshvandi,
Saeid Bashirian,
Salman Khazaei,
Mark Gillespie,
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi,
Fateme Mohammadi
Affiliations
Masoud Khodaveisi
Department of Community Health Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery Chronic Diseases (Homecare) Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Khodayar Oshvandi
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery Mother and Child Care Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Saeid Bashirian
Department of Public Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center Hamedan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Salman Khazaei
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Mark Gillespie
School of Health Nursing and Midwifery University of the West of Scotland Paisley Scotland
Seyedeh Zahra Masoumi
Department of Midwifery, Mother and Child Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Fateme Mohammadi
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Chronic Diseases (Home Care) Research Center, Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Center Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hamadan Iran
Abstract Aim Evaluation the moral courage, moral sensitivity and safe nursing care in nurses caring of infected patients by the COVID‐19. Design This study employed cross‐sectional research. Methods 520 nurses caring for COVID‐19 patients in 5 hospitals were selected via convenience sampling. They completed questionnaires online. Data were analysed by SPSS software version 22. Results Findings showed that moral courage has a strong and direct correlation with moral sensitivity (p < .001, r = 0–.70) and safe nursing care (p < .001, r = 0–.74). Variables of moral sensitivity, safe nursing care, work experience, age and employment status can predict 64.76% of the variance in moral courage in these nurses. Nursing care of patients with COVID‐19 have reported high moral courage in recent months, and in spite of the numerous tensions and stresses in terms of caring these patients during this relative long period, they are still diligent in providing safe and high sensitive care to these patients.
