NURSE ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN INPATIENT WARD of BALADHIKA HUSADA HOSPITAL JEMBER

A ward nurse is a practitioner nurse who takes action according to standard operating procedures and prevention and identifies the state of the environment for 24 hours. The workload can lead to the emergence of attitudes that become complaints of patients, namely the emotional instability of nurses because of fatigue and high activity. The impact of ethical dilemmas experienced by nurses, one of which is the emotional impact on nurses such as anger, stress, frustration, and fear during the decision-making process. The research design is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach that aims to explore nurses’ perceptions and experiences of the ethical dilemma of nursing in the inpatient ward. A total of six participants involved in this study were selected by purposive sampling technique. Participants were the practitioner nurses in the inpatient ward of the Baladhika Husada Hospital in Jember. Colaizzi analysis method is used to conclude this study. The results obtained by five main themes: nurse knowledge and understanding, forms of ethical dilemmas experienced by nurses, ethical dilemmas related to ethical principles, actions when experiencing ethical dilemmas, and expectations for nurses. Continuing education regarding nurse ethical dilemmas in the implementation of professional nursing care is crucial to improve the quality of nurse performance when delivering nursing care.