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Ethical Activity Profile of Nurse Managers -Testing Ethics Quarter as an Intervention

NCT04234503 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 341

Last updated 2020-12-16

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Summary

The aim of this study is:

1. to test a new ethics educational intervention for nurse mangers, Ethics Quarter (EQ) and
2. to measure the feasibility and the usability of the EQ

The detailed research questions and hypothesis of this study are as follows:

1. Is EQ effective in increasing NMs' ethics knowledge?
2. Is EQ effective in increasing NMs' influencing ethics issues?
3. Is EQ effective in increasing NMs' ethics research implementing?
4. Is EQ effective in increasing NMs' ethics problem identifying?
5. Is EQ effective in increasing NMs' ethics problem solving?

H 1-5: It is hypothesized that participating into EQ promotes NM's ethics knowledge, influencing ethics issues, ethics research implementing, ethics problem identifying and ethics problem solving compared to comparisons.
6. What are NM's perceptions of feasibility and usability of the EQ?

The ultimate goal is to strengthen nurse managers' ethical activity profile and create a new, modern way to promote ethical management of nursing.

Conditions

  • Ethics

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Ethics Quarter

In the intervention, nurse managers have two educational packages per week, one taking 15 minutes (one quarter).The structure of the whole intervention is made according to the dimensions of ethical activity profile of nurse managers (Laukkanen et al. a2016; Laukkanen et al b2016) consisting of managers: 1. Developing of own ethics knowledge, 2. Influencing ethical issues, 3. Conducting/implementing ethics research, 4. Identifying and 5. Solving ethical problems. Intervention includes also orientation and summary, in total 12 educational packages. After every dimension, NMs have to make self-reflection and development plans, in total five times. This provides them the opportunity to link their everyday experience with ethical theory.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Turku University Hospital

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Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-02
Primary Completion
2020-12-07
Completion
2020-12-07

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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