The relationship between hospital ethical climate and continuing education in nursing ethics

Table 1. Demographic characteristics (n = 605). Variables n (%) Mean SD Age (year) 31.4 8.3 Years of experience (year) 9.3 8.0 Gender Female 561 (92.7) Male 44 (7.3) Education degree Nursing diploma 167 (27.7) Junior college 48 (7.9) Bachelor’s 369 (61.0) Master’s/doctoral 20 (3.3) No answer 1 (0.2) Hospital 1 410 (67.7) 2 130 (21.6) 3 65 (10.7) License Resisted Nurse 561 (92.7) Midwife 29 (4.8) Advanced Licensed Nurse 14 (2.4) No answer 1 (0.1) Position Staff 531 (87.8) Manager 74 (12.2) Unit Surgery 201 (33.3) Internal medicine 174 (28.8) Mixed surgery and internal medicine 69 (11.4) ICU/CCU 35 (5.8) NICU 28 (4.6) Obstetric 22 (3.6) Pediatric 19 (3.1) Operating room 16 (2.6) Psychiatry 15 (2.5) Emergency department 12 (2.0) SCU 7 (1.2) Others 7 (1.0) Experience of ethical education Yes 430 (71.1) No 175 (28.9) In-service training in workplace Yes 393 (65.0) No 212 (35.0) Workshops/ Academic conferences on nursing ethics Yes 122 (20.2) No 483 (79.8) Note; SD = standard deviation https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269034.t001 PLOS ONE Ethical climate and ethics education PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269034 July 21, 2022 6 / 15