Abstract:

Aim: The study was conducted to determine the effect of the hospital ethical climate perceptions of nurses in the hospitals on job satisfaction. Methods: Data were collected from 273 nurses working in university and state hospitals, who agreed to participate by using personnel information form, Hospital Ethical Climate Scale (HECS), and Job Satisfaction Scale in the study Pearson Product-Moment correlation analysis, Durbin Watson test, Linear Regression analysis, t-Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Dunnet T3 Post Hoc test, Kurskal Wallis H test, Mann Whitney U test were used to evaluate the data. Results: %96 of the nurses who participated are women, 53,8% are married, 46,5% are nursing graduates, and 7% are nursing graduates. The total mean score of the HECS applied to the participants was 92.44±18.05, and the total mean of the Job Satisfaction Scale was 3.38±67, and there was a positive correlation between them (p<0.05, r=.539). There is a statistically significant difference between the total Hospital Ethical Climate and Job Satisfaction scores of the participants who enjoy their profession and receive in-service training (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was determined that nurses’ hospital ethical climate perceptions and job satisfaction general score averages were high, and as the ethical climate perception increased, their job satisfaction levels increased.

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