The nurses' perception of the factors influencing professional misconduct: A qualitative study.

Autor:	Ghobadi A; Department of Medical-Surgical, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran., Sayadi L; Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Nayeri ND; Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Shabestari AN; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran., Varaei S; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Nursing ethics [Nurs Ethics] 2024 Mar-May; Vol. 31 (2-3), pp. 281-295. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 20.
DOI:	10.1177/09697330231184469
Abstrakt:	Background: Professional misconduct undermines safe and quality care; however, little is known about its nature and influential factors. Aim: This study aimed to explain the factors influencing professional misconduct in nurses. Research Design: This qualitative study was conducted using the conventional content analysis method. Participants and Research Context: Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 19 nurses working in the hospital selected through a purposeful method and analyzed by Graneheim and Lundman approach. Ethical Considerations: The ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences approved this study with the ethics code IR.TUMS.FNM.REC.1400.187. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Participants were assured of confidentiality. Findings: Factors influencing professional misconduct by nurses were categorized into three main categories: human factors (nurses' professional characteristics, personal characteristics of nurses and patient/companion, patient's clinical condition), procedural factors (procedural conditions, possibility of proving misconduct), and organizational factors (recruitment process, conditions of resources, managing misconduct, bureaucracy, and ward characteristics). Conclusion: This study assists in explaining the factors influencing professional misconduct by nurses. Therefore this study's results can help managers and planners develop interventions to prevent and correct factors that contribute to misconduct and strengthen factors that prevent misconduct in order to ensure quality and safe patient care. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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