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Table 3 Percentage professional staff and ICU types within the individual ethical climates

From: Ethical decision-making climate, moral distress, and intention to leave among ICU professionals in a tertiary academic hospital center

 

Good (%)

Average (+) (%)

Average (−) (%)

Poor (%)

Professional staff

    

Physicians (n = 55)

29.1

34.5

25.5

10.9

Nurses (n = 151)

15.9

23.2

29.8

31.1

ICU types

    

Medical (n = 88)

18.2

25

30.7

26.1

Surgical (n = 83)

16.9

22.9

28.9

31.3

Neonatal/Pediatric (n = 35)

28.6

37.1

22.9

11.4

Total

19.4

26.2

28.6

25.7

  1. A higher percentage of physicians perceived their ethical climate as "good" than the nurses. A higher percentage of the professional staff in the Neonatal/Pediatric ICUs rated their ethical climate “good” compared with the Medical and Surgical ICUs