From: Development and validation of an instrument to measure pediatric nurses' adherence to ethical codes
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1. I don't discriminate children in providing qualified care to them | 0.901 | |||||
2. I do not provide personal and health-related information to anyone without their consent | 0.892 | |||||
3. I use the child file information only for therapeutic purposes | 0.731 | |||||
4. I resolve any objections or problems of children and families within my authority or inform the head of the ward | 0.715 | |||||
5. I always try to gain the trust of children and their families | 0.554 | |||||
6. I don’t discriminate between patients according to their social, economic, cultural, religion and nation characteristics | 0.508 | |||||
7. I teach children and families to empower them in terms of the process of living with a disease | 0.932 | |||||
8. I precisely monitor child to prevent any physical trauma (such as fall) during hospitalization | 0.844 | |||||
9. In performing nursing care, I fully follow the principles of aseptic to prevent infection | 0.780 | |||||
10. I precisely adhere the medication administration rules to prevent any error | 0.629 | |||||
11. I precisely listen to children and their parents | 0.902 | |||||
12. I respect every cultural and religious believers of children and their families | 0.857 | |||||
13. I respect child's privacy in every intervention and encounter | 0.565 | |||||
14. I deal with children based on their developmental age | 0.533 | |||||
15. I speak politely with children and their parents | 0.482 | |||||
16. I emotionally support children and families before, during and after every procedure | 0.471 | |||||
17. I ask the name of child to be sure about right patient before any intervention | 0.440 | |||||
18. I try to meet the needs of the children and their families as soon as possible and within my authority | 0.333 | |||||
19. I encourage families to decide about the health- related issues of their children | 0.802 | |||||
20. As much as possible, I encourage older children to make decisions about their health | 0.702 | |||||
21. As much as possible, I encourage the families to make decisions about the health issues of their children | 0.657 | |||||
22. When obtaining informed consent for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, I provide the family with complete information about the right to knowingly reject or accept any procedure | 0.542 | |||||
23. Before each intervention, I explain the procedure and the reason for doing it in simple language to the child and parents | 0.819 | |||||
24. I explain the required care information from the time of admission to discharge and then in simple language to the children and their families | 0.725 | |||||
25. I explain the effect and side effects of any medication to the children and families | 0.709 | |||||
26. Before providing care, I introduce myself to the children and their families by name and mention the duties | 0.739 | |||||
27. I answer questions honestly with the child and family about health and illness issues | 0.665 | |||||
28. In nursing of children, I am honest with them | 0.456 |