1학년과 4학년 간호대학생 간의 생명의료윤리 가치관에 대한 비교

The purposes of this study were, first, to identify whether the clinical experience of nursing students influences their ethical values and, secondly, to determine what factors influence the understanding of biomedical ethics. A total of 811 nursing students (355 students with clinical practical experience [CPE]; 476 students with no clinical practice [NCP]) were recruited from six different BSN programs in one city in South Korea. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a χ²-test, a t-test, a one-way ANOVA, and a Scheffé test using the SPSS/WIN 17.0 program. Comparing the differences in the values or ethical attitudes of the two groups, NCP students were found to have a more deontological orientation (2.76 for CPE students; 2.81 for NCP students). There were statistically significant differences between the responses of the two groups in the following areas: the right to life of a fetus, the right to life of newborns, artificial abortion, and brain death. For the NCP students, the predicting variables were the following: ethical values, club participation, and source for information or knowledge of biomedical ethics. On the basis of these results, it is argued that the clinical experience of nursing students should be regarded as an important factor inthe development of educational programs in biomedical ethics for nursing students.