Mohamad Firdaus, Mohamad Ismail
(2021)
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Pattern of Islamic Nursing
Ethics among Nurses in Pahang, Malaysia.
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17.
E-ISSN 2636-9346
Abstract
An international study showed nurses were indeed experienced in various ethical issues. Major theories central to
nursing ethics, which are deontology and utilitarian perspective, highlight the importance of human reasoning alone,
and the efficiency can still be argued. As Muslim nurse, equipping themselves with the Islamic manner of spirit is
crucial. The problem is the extent of applying Islamic ethics in nursing practice that is still in doubt. This study aims to
assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Islamic nursing ethics among nurses in Pahang, Malaysia. A self-administered
questionnaire about knowledge of Islamic nursing ethics was developed, validated, tested, and distributed
to nurses at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital and Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital in Pahang (a tertiary care hospital)
between February and March 2017. A total of 118 nurses had complete data in the study. The frequency of encountering
ethical problems among nurses varied from ‘daily’ to ‘yearly’. Only 24.6% of nurses responded that they had
experienced ethical issues in their work. 43.2% of nurses responded that they know ‘moderately’ about the moral
principle of Islam pertaining to their work. More than half (69.5%) of the nurses scored at the moderate levels, and
17.8% had competent levels of practice regarding Islamic ethics. Only 20.3% of the respondents’ opinion is in line
with Islamic ethics for the problem of adherence to the patients’ wishes. This study recognizes the need to evaluate
the training curricula and modes of teaching Islamic ethics among nurses to further the Islamic ethics knowledge
among nurses in a clinical setting.
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