Ethics Education to Support Nurse Leaders in HealthCare

NCT ID: NCT06470984

Last Updated: 2025-05-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-02

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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Using an exploratory study design with an educational intervention, a pre/post evaluation of ethical confidence and competence will be completed for nursing leaders working in either acute care or post-acute care with primary purpose to increase ethical competency and confidence in decision making for nursing leaders in a clinical role.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this project is to implement an ethics educational program that has been developed in collaboration with subject matter experts to support patient facing nursing leaders. The intervention is an ethics education pathway, which will be used for approximately 60-80 patient-facing nurse leaders who practice in either acute care or post-acute care over a 6-week period. One Pre and two post-assessment questionnaires will be distributed, which include the "Ethical Competence Support Questionnaire" © and the "Ethical Safety Questionnaire" ©. Permission for the instrument use was obtained from the author.

Conditions

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Acute Care

Nursing leaders will participate voluntarily and will report their leadership role as acute care (hospital settings).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Professional development program provided online to small groups of professional nurse leaders via an educational platform over a 6-week period.

Post-Acute Care

Nursing leaders will participate voluntarily and will report their leadership role as post-acute care (ambulatory settings)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Professional development program provided online to small groups of professional nurse leaders via an educational platform over a 6-week period.

Interventions

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Educational intervention

Professional development program provided online to small groups of professional nurse leaders via an educational platform over a 6-week period.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* employment within an in-patient or outpatient non-profit healthcare setting as a nursing leader.
* settings include acute-care units and post-acute care facilities

Exclusion Criteria

* nurses working direct care 100% of their time without any formal leadership responsibilities
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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OSF Healthcare System

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jill K. Greenwood-Williamson

Director of Clinical Education

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jill K Greenwood-Williamson, DNP, RN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

OSF HealthCare

Locations

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OSF HealthCare

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Aitamaa E, Suhonen R, Iltanen S, Puukka P, Leino-Kilpi H. Ethical problems in nursing management: Frequency and difficulty of the problems. Health Care Manage Rev. 2021 Jan/Mar;46(1):25-34. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000236.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30724758 (View on PubMed)

Barkhordari-Sharifabad M, Ashktorab T, Atashzadeh-Shoorideh F. Obstacles and problems of ethical leadership from the perspective of nursing leaders: a qualitative content analysis. J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2017 Feb 21;10:1. eCollection 2017.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28523116 (View on PubMed)

Poikkeus T, Suhonen R, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Organisational and individual support for nurses' ethical competence: A cross-sectional survey. Nurs Ethics. 2018 May;25(3):376-392. doi: 10.1177/0969733016642627. Epub 2016 May 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27165144 (View on PubMed)

Poikkeus T, Suhonen R, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H. Relationships between organizational and individual support, nurses' ethical competence, ethical safety, and work satisfaction. Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 Jan/Mar;45(1):83-93. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000195.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29533273 (View on PubMed)

Salmela S, Koskinen C, Eriksson K. Nurse leaders as managers of ethically sustainable caring cultures. J Adv Nurs. 2017 Apr;73(4):871-882. doi: 10.1111/jan.13184. Epub 2016 Nov 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27732746 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2193504

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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