TY - JOUR T1 - The effect of nursing ethics education on the moral judgment of nurses TT - بررسی تأثیر آموزش اصول اخلاق پرستاری بر قضاوت اخلاقی پرستاران JF - J-Nurs-Edu JO - J-Nurs-Edu VL - 4 IS - 4 UR - http://jne.ir/article-1-556-en.html Y1 - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 8 KW - Education KW - Ethics KW - judgment KW - Nurses N2 - Introduction: Judgments in nursing ethical issues is a qualification criterion. Promoting the principles of professional performance through an emphasis on ethical grounds is a way to strengthen ethical decision-making in the nursing profession. Consequently, the present study was to evaluate the effect of education on the moral judgment of nurses. Methods: this was a quasi-experimental study using pretest-posttest and control group. The samples consisted of 30 nurses. They were nurses from a hospital in the Tabriz, Iran in 2014. Moral judgment in two experimental and control groups (n = 15 per group) were studied randomly. After completion of 4 sessions (one session a week for 90 minutes a month) of nursing ethics education in the experimental group, post-test moral judgment was measured. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance by SPSS version 20. Results: The results of the analysis of covariance showed that after the intervention, a significant decrease in the mean score of moral judgment was observed in the experimental group (P= 0.035). Therefore, in the experimental group nursing ethics training improved the moral judgment significantly. Conclusion: Nursing ethics training may increase nurses' moral judgment. This intervention is an effective program to promote moral judgment and can be used to improve the professional qualifications of nurses. M3 ER -