THE IMPACT OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP ON NURSES’ MOTIVATION AND PATIENT’S CARE OUTCOME FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTENSIVE CARE NURSES IN NABLUS HOSPITALS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
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2024-02-22
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Kamel Ahmad Dababsah
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Background: Ethical leadership is an essential element of a safe and effective healthcare environment. It is characterized by leaders who demonstrate honesty, integrity, fairness, and respect for others. Ethical leadership has been shown to have a positive impact on nurse motivation and patient care outcomes.
Aim: This study aims to investigate the impact of ethical leadership on nurse motivation and patient care outcomes from the perspective of ICU nurses at Nablus Hospitals.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 intensive care nurses at Nablus hospitals. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire covering ethical leadership measures, nurse motivation, and patient care outcomes, in addition to demographic data about each participant; the period of the study is between March and December of 2023, a period of seven months.
Result: The results show that higher work motivation among ICU nurses is significantly correlated with ethical leadership, while there is a significant correlation between ethical leadership and patient care outcomes. The result of this study shows a significant relationship between demographic data related to the work motivation scale (gender, monthly income, and employee status) among participants, while no significant difference in motivation is noticed between the nurses’ experience, income, age, or qualification in the ICU. Additionally, ICU nurses with higher qualifications are significantly related to patients' outcomes, while other demographic data are not statistically significant.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that ethical leadership plays an important role in promoting nurse motivation and improving patient care outcomes.
Keywords: Ethical Leadership, Nurses' Motivation, Patient’s Care Outcome, nursing, ICU.