the survey of ethical among nursing students in urmia university of medical science

the survey of ethical among nursing students in urmia university of medical science     mohammadpour y [1] *, kazemi n [2] , abbasi m [3] , shams e [4]     received: 28 apr , 2013 accepted: 2 jul , 2013    abstract  background & aims : e thics in nursing care is very important and professional competence. in nursing, ethics means that the nursing care is based on the principles of bioethics. however the ethical care and ethical competence in nursing students are important unanswered questions. more studies should be carried out in this regard.   materials & methods : this study is a qualitative study. 35 nursing students of the faculty of nursing & midwifery participated in the study. the interviews were analyzed by content analysis.   results: the findings of the analysis were classified in four categories , including clinical environment , curriculum, teacher qualifications and academic knowledge in the field of professional ethics , motivation and interest of students to the nursing profession .   conclusion: the findings indicated that the development of moral competence in nursing students and the same areas are effective. so the moral qualification barriers should be searched and managed in different dimensions.   key words: competence, ethical competency, nursing ethics, nursing students     address: nursing and midwifery faculty, urmia university of medical sciences, urmia, iran   tel: (+98) 441 2754961   email : [email protected]   [1] phd student in medical education, department of nursing education, urmia university of medical sciences (corresponding author)   [2] msn student in nursing education, urmia university of medical sciences   [3] professor, department of medical ethics shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran   [4] phd student in medical ethics, department of department of medical ethics shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran