Designing a Model of the Antecedents of the Development of Nurses' Professional Ethics

Professional ethics is the process of rational thinking with the aim of preserving and spreading professional values. Among various professions, nursing is one of the professions that is based on ethics, and compliance with ethical standards in nursing practice is more sensitive and important than other cases, because compliance by nurses is one of the effective factors in the quality of care and recovery. It is patients.

This research is developmental in terms of purpose and descriptive-exploratory in terms of type. The research method is grounded theory (foundation data theory) and the data collection method is an in-depth interview with 15 male and female experts related to the topic and the data analysis method is open, central and selective coding according to the framework of the foundation data theory method.

The research findings show that culture, management style, education, personality traits, moral intelligence and spiritual values are the most important influencing factors (precursors) of nursing professional ethics. All factors are presented in the form of five categories: causal conditions, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences of nurses' professional ethics and its model.

The development of professional ethics among male and female nurses is not accidental. Things such as the existence of ethical management, training, appropriate organizational systems and infrastructures, and comprehensive and effective communication based on organizational ethics provide the necessary motivation and stimulus to move towards this goal.