Comparison effect of teaching ethical principles using narrative ethics and lecture on the morl sensitivity of nurses

Training ethical concepts has a crucial role in promotion of moral sensitivity in nurses. Debate to select most effective method of teaching ethics in nursing continues. Present study was aimed to compare the effects of ethical training based on two

narrative ethics and lecturing on moral sensitivity of nurses. Fifty-six nurses from two educational hospitals in Birjand participated in this randomized control field trial research. The demographic characteristics questionnaire, and Lutzen's Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire were completed by nurses in the three Tims (before, after and three month after the intervention). Then four sessions (each 3 hours) of ethical training with one week interval for two groups of narration (28 participants) and lecture (28 participants) were conducted. Data were analyzed by SPSS-16 software.Two methods of narration and lecture significantly increased the nurse's moral sensitivity in each group (respectively p<0.001, p=0.01). Despite the higher mean score of moral sensitivity in narration group rather than the lecture group, moral sensitivity did not show a significant difference (p=0.70). The mean score of moral sensitivity 3 months after the intervention showed a statistically significant decrease than after it in both groups. (P=0.00) Concerning the results of this study, a combination of these two methods can lead to useful outcomes.