BEHAVIORAL ETHICS FOR BUILDING NURSE INTEGRITY IN THE HOSPITAL OF ABC: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
Yuli Ismiati (a*), Suryanto (b)
a) Master Program of Human Resource Development. Postgraduate School of Universitas Airlangga. Jl. Airlangga No. 4-6, Surabaya, Indonesia
*yuli.ismiati-2018[at]pasca.unair.ac.id
b) Faculty of Psychology of Universitas Airlangga. Jl. Airlangga No. 4, Surabaya, Indonesia
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to finding out and describing the behavioural ethics for building the integrity of nurses in the Hospital Surabaya. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive analytical study method where in obtaining as much data as possible had done through various techniques arranged systematically to found perfect data collection of research results. The informant selection technique used purposive sampling. Data collection techniques used were participatory observation, indepth interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique used is the triangulation method. The results of this study were that the integrity of a nurse was not just a term that refers to the behavioural ethics possessed, but furthermore, integrity signified the level of universal moral understanding and accountable rationally. Behavioral ethics for building nurse integrity in the Hospital of ABC could be seen because nurse integrity was a compass that directed the behavioral ethics of nurse so as to provided an overall picture of a personal person which had part of the process of getting better. Nurses were said to have integrity if their actions were in accordance with the values, beliefs and principles they held accompanied by behavioral ethics based on nursing ethics.
Keywords: Ethics, Behavior, Behavioral Ethics, Integrity, Nurse Integrity
Topic: Human Resource Development