Effect of Ethical Professionalism among Nurses on Quality Treatment at the Clinical Workplaces in Ngara District, Kagera.

Marco, Bahati (2023) Effect of Ethical Professionalism among Nurses on Quality Treatment at the Clinical Workplaces in Ngara District, Kagera. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study investigated effect of ethical professionalism among nurses on quality treatment at the clinical workplaces in Ngara district, Kagera, Tanzania. It consisted of four specific objectives, namely to: determine the effect of communication on quality treatment, determine the effect of clinical competence on quality treatment, determine the effect of health education on quality treatment, and finally, determine the effect of disease prevention on quality treatment. The study used a descriptive survey research design supported with a quantitative approach. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 140 participants. Instruments for data collection were only structured questionnaires. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. Through a Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, findings show that, there is a significant and strong positive association among communication to patients and quality treatment, clinical competence of nurses and quality treatment, health education and disease prevention and quality treatment at the clinical workplaces. Through regression analysis, the results show that, communication to patients, clinical competence of nurses, health education and disease prevention are statistically positive and significant to quality of treatment at the clinical workplaces. It is recommended that, all medical in-charge officers in Ngara should enhance ethical professionalism through communication to patients, clinical competence, health education and disease prevention if they want to foster quality treatment at their clinical workplaces. Key Words: Ethical Professionalism, Nurses, Quality Treatment, Patients, Clinical Workplaces

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