Ethical problems in nursing management: The views of nurse managers

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 646-658

  Aitamaa, Elina ^a,b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a,c   Iltanen, Silja ^a,b   Suhonen, Riitta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ethical problem; ethics; interview; nurse manager; nursing management

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COURAGE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NURSE MANAGER; NURSING MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84987739745     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733015579309     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. World Health Organization (WHO). People-Centred Health Care: A policy framework, http://www.wpro.who.int/health_services/people_at_the_centre_of_care/documents/ENG-PCIPolicyFramework.pdf (2007, accessed July 2014).
2. World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO Global Competency Model, http://www.who.int/employment/competencies/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf (2012, accessed March 2014).
3. Redman BA, Fry ST. Ethics and human rights issues experienced by nurses in leadership roles. Nurs Leader Forum 2003; 7(4): 150–156.
4. Shirey MR. Ethical climate in nursing practice: The leader’s role. JONA’s Healthc Law Ethics Regul 2005; 7(2): 59–67.
5. Kane-Urrabazo C. Management’s role in shaping organizational culture. J Nurs Manag 2006; 14(3): 188–194.
6. Poikkeus T, Leino-Kilpi H, Katajisto J. Supporting ethical competence of nurses during recruitment and performance reviews – the role of nurse leader. J Nurs Manag 2014; 22(6): 792–802.
7. Gallagher A, Tschudin V. Educating for ethical leadership. Nurs Educ Today 2010; 30: 224–227.
8. Kangasniemi M, Vaismorandi M, Jasper M. Ethical issues in patient safety: implications for nursing management. Nurs Ethics 2013; 28(8): 904–916.
9. Makaroff KS, Storch J, Pauly B. Searching for ethical leadership in nursing. Nurs Ethics 2014; 21(6): 642–658.
10. National Health Service United Kingdom. Code of conduct for NHS managers, http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/Browsable/DH_4910714 (2002, accessed February 2015)
11. Aitamaa E, Leino-Kilpi H, Puukka P. Ethical problems in nursing management: the role of codes of ethics. Nurs Ethics 2010; 17(4): 469–482.
12. Thompson IE, Melia KM, Boyd KM. Nursing ethics. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier-Churchill Livingstone, 2007.
13. Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of biomedical ethics. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
14. Van der Arend AJG, Remmers-van den Hurk CHM. Moral problems among Dutch nurses: a survey. Nurs Ethics 1999; 6: 468–482.
15. Gaudine AP, Beaton MR. Employed to go against one’s values: nurse managers’ accounts of ethical conflict with their organizations. Can J Nur Res 2002; 34(2): 17–34.
16. Camunas C. Ethical dilemmas of nurse executives. J Nurs Adm 1994; 24(7–8): 45–51.
17. Borawski DB. Ethical dilemmas for nurse administrators. J Nurs Adm 1995; 25(7–8): 60–62.
18. Cooper RW, Frank GL, Gouty CA. Key ethical issues encountered in healthcare organizations: perceptions of nurse executives. J Nurs Adm 2002; 32(6): 331–337.
19. Dellve L, Wikström E. Managing complex workplace stress in health care organizations: leaders’ perceived legitimacy conflicts. J Nurs Manag 2009; 17(8): 931–941.
20. Lindy C, Schaeffer F. Negative workplace behaviours: an ethical dilemma for nurse managers. J Nurs Manag 2010; 18(3): 285–292.
21. Toren O, Wagner N. Applying an ethical decision-making tool to a nurse management dilemma. Nurs Ethics 2010; 17(3): 393–402.
22. Ganz FD, Wagner N, Toren O. Nurse middle manager ethical dilemmas and moral distress. Nurs Ethics. Epub ahead of print 29 January 2014, http://nej.sagepub.com.ezproxy.utu.fi:2048/content/early/2014/01/26/0969733013515490.full.pdf+html (accessed July 2014)
23. Esterhuizen P. Is the professional code still the cornerstone of clinical nursing practice? J Adv Nurs 1996; 23(1): 25–31.
24. Englander M. The interview: data collection in descriptive phenomenological human scientific research. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 2012; 43: 13–35.
25. Graneheim UH, Lundman B. Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness. Nurs Educ Today 2004; 24(2): 105–112.
26. Hsieh H-F, Shannon SE. Three approaches to qualitative content analysis. Qual Health Res 2005; 15(9): 1277–1288.
27. National Advisory Board in Ethics. Responsible conduct of research and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct in Finland. Guidelines of the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity, http://www.tenk.fi/sites/tenk.fi/files/HTK_ohje_verkkoversio040413.pdf.pdf#overlay-context=fi/ohjeet-ja-julkaisut (2012, accessed July 2014).
28. Health Care Act 2010/1326, http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2010/20101326 (accessed July 2014)
29. Act on the Electronic Processing of Client Data in Social and Health Care Services 19§, 28.3.2014/250, http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2007/20070159 (accessed July 2014)
30. Ulrich CM, Taylor C, Soeken K. Everyday ethics: ethical issues and stress in nursing practice. J Adv Nurs 2010; 66(11): 2510–2519.
31. Storch J, Makaroff KS, Pauly B. Take me to my leader: the importance of ethical leadership among formal nurse leaders. Nurs Ethics 2013; 20(2): 150–157.
32. Gaudine A, Lefort SM, Lamb M. Ethical conflict with hospitals: the perspective of nurses and physicians. Nurs Ethics 2011; 18(6): 756–766.