Abstract

ALONSO-CASTILLO, María Magdalena et al. Ethical Climate, Stress of Conscience and Work-Related Stress in Nurses and Doctors Working in Neonatal Intensive Care. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.2, pp.63-74. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.4177.

The objective of this study is to determine relationship between the perception of ethical climate, moral stress and work-related stress. The design was descriptive correlational, and the sampling was census-type with a total sample of 106 participants (80 nursing professionals and 26 doctors). Results showed that there is a negative and significant relationship between the ethical climate and work-related stress (r s =-.326, p<.01). An additional finding was that the ethical climate predicts work-related stress, both in doctors and in nurses (R2=7.9, p=.004). Scientific evidence found in this study confirms that bioethics as a science should be a competence required for all health professionals and ,in particular nurses due to the ethical and moral challenges faced in their professional practice, especially in critical areas due to the policies, regulations and resources they count on at the workplace. The ethical climate as well as the moral and work stress have to be considered by the health institutions, taking into account that they can have a negative effect on the doctors and nurses' health, which limits the quality of health care they provide.

Keywords : ethics; work stress/work-related stress; nursing; care; professional ethics; bioethics (Thesaurus).

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