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Aim: To identify the predictors of mental health nurses' person-centred care, including moral sensitivity.Background: Person-centred care meets patients' ethical needs by protecting their autonomy and dignity and respecting their choices; it is essential to enhance patient outcomes. Therefore, it is important to identify the predictors of the practice of advocating patients' rights and dignity and providing person-centred care among mental health nurses to foster competency and ensure the highest quality of care. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 220 mental health nurses in South Korea. It measured their general and work-related characteristics, moral sensitivity, and person-centred care. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to identify the person-centred care predictors. Results: The most potent person-centred care predictor was moral sensitivity (β = .35, p < .001). Other predictors included prior biomedical ethics education (β = .15, p = .013) and marital status (β = .14, p = .025). The regression model had 28.0% explanatory power. Conclusions: Mental health nurses' moral sensitivity must be increased to improve their person-centred care. Implications for Nursin

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Author

Sun Joo Jang; Eun Hye Kim; Haeyoung Lee

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)