CLINICAL NURSES’ MORAL COURAGE IN TENURE OF NURSES: AN ANALITYC SURVEY

Background: The complexity of services that nurses must provide nowadays encourages to develop their moral courage. A review the literature reveals no studies have been conducted evaluate association between clinical nurse tenure and level courage.
 Objectives: this study is assess correlation Methods: analytic survey research at 5 hospitals in Makassar, including private government with a total sample 405 nurses. sampling technique used multistage random sampling. variables measured were courage Professional Moral Courage Questionnaire for variable (Cronbach 'alpha: 0.756). Data analysis using Mann Whitney test.
 Results: majority long new had moderate (new 79 nurses; length 238 nurses), there was significant difference (p=0.294).
 Conclusion: Considering findings has effect on courage, nursing managers can consistently boost nurses' through external stimuli. who cannot face various ethical dilemmas providing daily care result distress.