The effect of job stress management training on observance of professional ethics by nurses

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of job stress management training on observance of professional ethics by nurses. This quasi-experimental study was performed on 50 clinical nurses in Shiraz, Iran. Data collection tools included a questionnaire. The research intervention consisted of six two-hour sessions of stress management training. SPSS 21 were used to analyze the data. Data analysis showed that before intervention, the level of professional ethics of 64% of nurses was relatively good, but after intervention, the level of professional ethics of the majority of nurses (94%) was at the desired level. The results showed that the levels of professional ethics after job stress management training has increased significantly compared to before. The results showed that stress management training has led to improving the level of professional ethics of nurses.

Keywords:

• Job stress management
• nurses
• professional ethics
• training

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to Vice Chancellor for Research of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences and esteemed officials of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Shiraz and all nurses participating in this study.

Conflict of interest

None declared.

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