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EDUMECENTRO

On-line version ISSN 2077-2874

Abstract

BORGES GARCIA, Tairi; GARCIA AGUILAR, Ydarmi de la Caridad; LEYVA CRUZ, Yanisleidy  and  PEREZ DE CORCHO MARTINEZ, Mayra. Knowledge about the application of the principles of Bioethics in Nursing Graduates. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.3, pp.237-252.  Epub Sep 30, 2021. ISSN 2077-2874.

Background:

Nursing is socially recognized as one of the professions aimed at helping and caring for people's health. Providing quality and efficient care is one of the fundamental premises of this professional, guaranteed by the knowledge and application of the principles of Bioethics.

Objective:

to determine the level of knowledge about the principles of bioethics in the Nursing professionals of Villa Clara province.

Methods:

a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from February 2017 to June 2019. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction, historical-logical; and empirical ones: questionnaire. The defined variables were: sex, professional background, principles of bioethics, application of the principles, application error and state of knowledge.

Results:

the female sex and the graduates of more than 20 years in the exercise of the profession predominated. The principle of Beneficence was well applied among the respondents. The most frequent errors detected were in the principle No maleficence. The average state of knowledge prevailed on the subject analyzed.

Conclusions:

there are deficiencies in the knowledge about the principles of bioethics and their application in the professional practice of the Nursing Graduates.

Keywords : ethics, nursing; ethics, professional; principle-based ethics; educación médica.

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