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Ethical sensitivity relationship with communication skills in Iranian nursing managers
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| Author:
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M KHOSRAVANI, F BORHANI, L LOGHMANI, M MOHSENPOUR
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| Abstract:
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The first component of ethics is the moral sensitivity. It is the foundation and cornerstone of the nursing care. The
communication skills play key role in the nursing profession to provide best quality of care. This study conducted to
examine the relationship between moral sensitivity and communication skills in Iranian nursing managers in 2016. 60
nursing managers working in Arak, Iran hospitals participated in this cross sectional study by census. Data were
collected through demographic sheet, Barton’s communication skills and Han’s moral sensitivity questionnaires and
were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test, chi-square, ANOVA and fisher’s exact test by spss16. Mean score
of ethical sensitivity was 95.61±11.01 and for communicational skills was 62.66±3.53. Mean score of communication
skills by moral sensitivity level has meaningful differences (P<0.01). So that most nursing managers with high moral
sensitivity scores had excellent communication skills scores. Moral sensitivity scores by all the components of
communication skills has meaningful differences (P<0/001).Nursing managers who had high ethical sensitivity has
better communication skills. Therefore strengthening ethical sensitivity increases nurse manager’s communication
skills and improve the quality of care providing process.
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Moral sensitivity, communication skills, nurse managers
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http://eoi.citefactor.org/10.11209/ijpr.10.03
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| DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2018.10.03.064
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