Nurse managers' experience with ethical issues in six government hospitals in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 Experience with ethical issues

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
How often ethical issues were experienced (N = 417)
Never	20	4.8
Occasional	76	18.2
Yearly	49	11.8
Once a month	72	17.3
Few issues per month	3	0.7
Once a week	32	7.7
Few issues per week	89	21.3
Daily	76	18.2
Areas of management where ethical issues were experienced ^a
Staff management	281	67.4
Patient care	271	65.0
Quality of service delivery	264	63.3
Staff competency assurance	178	42.8
Medical resource management	88	21.1

^aMultiple answers were accepted. The frequency reflects the total number of nurse managers who chose each answer listed in relation to the total number of nurse managers and similarly, the percentage is the percentage of those who gave answers to the questions in relation to the total number of nurse managers.

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