HUBUNGAN SIKAP DENGAN PERILAKU ETIK PERAWAT DAN SEJAWAT PADA PERAWAT DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM MUHAMMADIYAH PONOROGO

Nurses need professional competence and a framework provided by a code
of ethics as service standards and correct judgment while working with colleagues.
Data on nurse and colleague errors in Indonesia cannot be known with certainty,
but the incidence of medical errors in patients has been widely reported. This is
done to prevent misunderstandings and conflicts from occurring. The purpose of
this study was to determine the relationship between attitude and ethical behavior
of nurses and colleagues in nurses at the Muhammadiyah General Hospital in
Ponorogo.
The research design used is correlation with a cross sectional approach.
The population in this study were 154 nurses with 61 samples taken using purposive
sampling method. The process of collecting data using a questionnaire with chi�square analysis α (0.05).
The results of the research from 61 respondents revealed that 31
respondents (50.8%) had a negative attitude towards the creation code of ethics,
and 34 respondents (55,7%) had positive ethical behavior towards colleagues.
Based on the statistical test results, the p value (0.000) < (0.05) was obtained, which
indicates that there is a relationship between attitude and ethical behavior of nurses
and colleagues in nurses at the Muhammadiyah General Hospital, Ponorogo.
These results show the attitude of nurses in the negative category and the
ethical behavior of nurses and colleagues in the positive category. Therefore, it is
expected that educational institutions pay more attention to teaching a code of
ethics and can increase students' knowledge of the importance of a code of ethics
including the code of ethics for nurses and colleagues.