Nurses' Adherence to Professional Nursing Code of Ethics and Quality of Nursing Care Satisfaction

Critical and Medical-Surgical Nurses' Adherence to Professional Nursing Code of Ethics and Quality of Nursing Care Satisfaction

Nursing code of ethics is an essential part of nursing professional practice. Nurses' adherence to a code of ethics is an important pillar of improving their performance, providing good nursing care and achieving patient satisfaction.

Nursing code of ethics is an essential part of nursing professional practice. Nurses' adherence to a code of ethics is an important pillar of improving their performance, providing good nursing care and achieving patient satisfaction.This study aimed to examine relationship between nurses' adherence to an Egyptian professional nursing code of ethical practice and patient satisfaction with quality of nursing care in critical and medical-surgical care units.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Nurses

  • willing to participate in the study
  • work in surgical intensive and critical care units
  • Sign a consent

• Patients

  • Alert, conscious and educated patients
  • More than 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nurses

  • Work in outpatient units and other units
  • Did not sign a consent

• Patients

  • Unaware or could not communicate
  • less than 18 years old