Ethics Education to Support Nurse Leaders in HealthCare

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Interventions: Behavioral: Educational intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06470984
• Lead Sponsor: OSF Healthcare System

Brief Summary

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

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-17
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-24
• Study Start: 2024-07-02
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-28
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Post-Acute Care	Educational intervention	Nursing leaders will participate voluntarily and will report their leadership role as post-acute care (ambulatory settings)
Acute Care	Educational intervention	Nursing leaders will participate voluntarily and will report their leadership role as acute care (hospital settings).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ethical Competence Support Questionnaire	change from baseline in the ethical competence measure at 6 weeks after initiation.	The ethical competence support questionnaire contains 27 items addressing four subcategories: encouragement of ethical activity, provision of information on ethical issues, dealing with ethical issues, and conversational support. A 5-point Likert Scale is used for measurement: Strong disagree to Strongly Agree. Minimum value = 1 maximum value =5.
Ethical Safety Questionnaire	change from baseline in the ethical safety measure at 6 weeks after initiation.	The ethical safety questionnaire contains11 items addressing four subcategories: general ethical safety, ethical autonomy, ethical respect, and ethical competence. A 5-point Likert Scale is used for measurement: Strong disagree to Strongly Agree. Minimum value = 1 maximum value =5.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ethical Confidence Assessment	change from baseline in the ethical competence measure at 6 weeks following initiation and at 3 months.	Confidence as a nurse leader for ethical decision making is rated on a 1-10 scale. 0=not confident 10= very confident

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

OSF HealthCare; 🇺🇸 Peoria, Illinois, United States