The Effect of the Level of Ethical Attitude Towards Care on the Skills of Humanistic Acting in Intensive Care Nurses

One of the effective ways to increase the quality of care provided by nurses is humanistic practice ability. The presence of humanistic practice ability provides more realistic, human-centered nursing care, improves the quality of life of patients, and also positively affects health expenditures. The humanist approach is increasing its importance day by day in planning individual care, evaluating the outcomes of care practices, and health-promoting information programs. In this context, it is of great importance to develop the humanist practice skills, humanist nursing spirit, humanist clinical practices and humanist nursing education of nurses who are actively involved in ICUs, as in all areas of care practice. In developing nurses' humanistic nursing behaviors, their level of knowledge and behavioral skills should first be revealed.

When the literature was examined, it was seen that there were studies examining the extent to which nurses experienced ethical problems and dilemmas during caregiving, their attitudes, and ethical decision-making processes. While studies on nurses' ethical decision-making processes are important, it is thought that studies measuring their level of humanistic behavior will also contribute to nursing care. This research aims to show the effect of intensive care nurses' ethical attitude levels on their ability to act humanistically. The research is original in that it combines ethical attitudes and humanistic behavior. It is anticipated that the research will contribute to nursing care and the knowledge base of the nursing profession.