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- Dilek Sari, Ebru Baysal, Gul Gunes Celik, and Ismet Eser.
- Dilek Sari, Associate Professor, Department of Fundamentals Nursing, Ege University School of Nursing, Izmir, Turkey.
- Pak J Med Sci. 2018 May 1; 34 (3): 724-729.
ObjectiveThe present study was conducted to determine nursing students' levels of ethical decision-making.MethodsThe sample of the descriptive study consisted of 240 nursing students. The data were collected using the Student Information Form and "Nursing Dilemma Test".ResultsIt was found that Principled Thinking (PT) mean score (48.38±7.97) of nursing students was above average while their Practical Consideration (PC) mean score (17.87±4.13) was close to average. It was also determined that the nursing students participated in the study were not familiar (17.75±2.77) with the dilemmas included in the Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test.ConclusionThe students paid attention to consider ethical principles when making decisions about ethical dilemmas; however, they are also affected by environmental factors as well. Sex and class level were found to be influential in the process of ethical decision making.
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