Compliance of nursing codes of professional ethics in domain of clinical services in Patients Perspective Maarefi M1*, Ashk Torab T2,Abaszadeh A2,Alavi Majd3,Eslami Akbar R4 Received:4/7/2014 Accepted:7/15/2014 1. Dept of Anesthesiology. School of Nursing and Midwifery. Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, jahrom, Iran 2. Dept of Medical-Surgical Nursing. School of Nursing and Midwifery. Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept of Biostatistics. School of Medicine. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.Tehran.Iran 4. Dept of Medical-Surgical Nursing. School of Nursing and Midwifery. Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. jahrom, Iran Journal of Education and Ethics in Nursing, Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2014 Abstract Introduction: An important issue of nursing in the provision of care is to achieve the desirable quality of services in order to gain the satisfaction of patients. This issue which is considered as one of the most important responsibilities of nurses has a direct relationship with the observance of codes of professional ethics in the field of nursing. The aim of this study is to consider the views of patients regarding the observance of codes of professional ethics in the domain of clinical services by nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 210 patients admitted in different hospitals of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences were selected using randomized quota sampling. The data gathering tool consisted of a valid, reliable (r=0/84) questionnaire including two sections of demographic information and 7 specific questions related to clinical services with 5-point Likert scale. Data analysis was performed by descriptive and analytic statistics via SPSS. Results: The mean of observance of codes of professional ethics by nurses in the domain of clinical services through the perspective of patients was 20/68±5/33 (out of total 28).The highest average of observance belonged to “attend your wishes regardless of your financial status or religion” with the mean 3/11±1/27 and the lowest mean belonged to “they report your every complain or objection to the person in charge of the ward” with the mean 2/76 ± 1/35 (0 out of total 4). Findings of the research indicated no significant or meaningful relationship between the patients’ demographic data (age, sex, marital status, place of residence, education and occupation) and the characteristics of hospitalization (hospital and ward-inpatient, history of hospitalization and length of stay) in one hand, and the observance of codes of professional ethics for nurses on the other. Conclusion: With respect to the acceptable level of the observance of codes of professional ethic by nurses in the area of clinical services and according to the data collected from patients, it seems necessary that hospital authorities have to direct their efforts towards keeping and promoting the present situation. Also, it is suggested that relevant authorities to conduct investigations to identify the causes of minor shortcomings regarding lack of attention to the above mentioned codes by nurses.

Author Name: Maarefi M1*, Ashk Torab T2,Abaszadeh A2,Alavi Majd3,Eslami Akbar R4

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Keywords: Key words: Codes of Professional Ethics, clinical services, Patient Perspective, Nurses

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