Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine

The health system needs nursing managers with moral reasoning ability to increase the quality of care in the system by adopting an effective leadership style. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between moral reasoning ability and leadership style of nursing managers of medical centers affiliated to Jiroft University of Medical Sciences. The present study was a descriptive- correlation cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2020. The population of study was all employed nursing managers, among whom 124 participants with a bachelor's degree in nursing and higher were included in the study by census sampling method. Data collection tools were demographic questionnaires, “Cherisham moral reasoning” and “Hershey and Blanchard leadership style”. Descriptive and inferential statistics and SPSS software version 19 were used to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that the mean score of moral reasoning of nursing managers is (48.10 ±7.04) which is higher than the mean score of the test. Also, the dominant leadership style of managers was selling leadership style 59.68%. The highest average of ethical reasoning of nursing managers was related to participating leadership style (48.44±7.35). There was no significant relationship between moral reasoning ability and leadership style of nursing managers (P >0.05). According to the results of the study, it is recommended to strengthen nursing managers 'efforts to strengthen transformational leadership styles in their managerial behaviors in order to improve leadership effectiveness and increase nurses' job satisfaction and observe ethical decision making.

Turnover and moral distress are considered as one of the challenges in health care systems. Nursing leaders are one of the factors influencing the thoughts and behaviors of nurses in organizational environments. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ethical leadership, moral distress and the turnover intention of nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2019-2020. The research method was descriptive-correlation. A total of 130 participants were enrolled by stratified sampling method from 3 hospitals. Data were collected using demographic information questionnaires, Ethical Leadership in Nursing, moral distress, and turnover intention. Then data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS software version 16. The results showed that ethical leadership and all its components were at the desired level. Also, moral distress and intention to leave were moderate. There was a significant negative correlation between ethical leadership and all its dimensions with the turnover intention and moral distress. Also, there was a significant positive correlation between the variables of turnover intention and the moral distress. Therefore, considering the significant relationship between ethical leadership, moral distress, and the turnover, by adopting this type of leadership approach by nursing managers, moral distress and the turnover intention among nurses can be reduced.