The relationship between exposure to ethical conflicts with individual- Social characteristics and perception of the environment in nurses working in intensive care units of hospitals Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, 2018

Ethical conflict is one of the problems of intensive care unit nurses that can occur for various reasons and have many consequences. Given the negative effects of ethical conflict and its impact on nurseschr('39') professional and ethical practices,it is important to identify factors associated with them that contribute to increasing the intensity and frequency of conflict. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between exposure to ethical conflicts with demographic characteristics and perceptions of the environment in nurses working in intensive care units.Methods:This cross-sectional study was performed on251 nurses working in public hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. Samples were selected through census method and data were collected using demographic questionnaires, Nursing Questionnaire-Critical Care Version Ethical Conflict ،Perceptions of the clinical setting questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS 22 using ANOVA, independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and chi-square.Results:The findings indicated that there was a inverse correlation between ethical conflicts and age with (P<0.05)(r= -0 .129), intensive ward (P<0.05), experience (r= -0. 131) (P<0.05).Gender, shift،bioethics coueses had no significant relationship with ethical conflict (p> 0.05). the level of moral conflict in the private sector was moderate.Conclusion: Nurses have a significant ethical conflict in the care.Nurses dont have a good perception of the environment and this exacerbates the conflict and has a negative impact on their career.The level and severity of ethical conflict in nurses is at a moderate level,recommended to investigate the frequency and severity of exposure to ethical conflict for intensive care unit nurses.