Assessment of the relationship between observance of ethics with job motivation and aggression in nurses working in Ahvaz educational hospitals

Ethical principles will be an effective factor in improving good quality of nursing care and adherence to these ethical principles may be influenced by their aggression and the job motivation of nurses. The purpose of this study was to the assessment of the relationship between observance of ethics with job motivation and aggression in nurses working in Ahvaz educational hospitals in 2019.

This is a descriptive-analytical study in which 257 nurses working in Ahvaz hospitals were selected by available sampling. Data gathering tools included demographic information questionnaire, nurses' view of professional ethics, AGQ standard aggression questionnaire, and Herzberg job motivation standard questionnaire. Correlation Pearson and Multiple regression coefficients tests with using SPSS-22 software conducted to analyze the relationship between morality with aggression and job motivation.

Out of 257 nurses, 84.4% were female and 15.6% were male. Mean and standard deviation were ethical principles (120.5 ± 10.86), aggression (89.96 ± 12.04), and job motivation (78.58 ± 14.28). The results of the Pearson test showed that there was a significant and inverse correlation between ethics and aggression (r = -0.35, p <0.001). Also, there was no significant relationship between ethics and job motivation (r = -0.108, p >0.084).

 The results showed the role and importance of aggression in predicting the ethical principles of nurses. They need to be made to teach aggression management skills as well as increase job motivation. It is suggested that policymakers pay attention to these variables in designing programs to the promotion of the ethical principles of nurses.