The level of knowledge of nursing students had divided into 5 aspects, it can see in
table 3:
No Nurses’ ethic
codes Chatego-
rized Frequen-
cies Percen-
tages 1
Nurses and patient
Good Moderate
69 14
83,1 16,9
2 Nurses and
practice Good
Moderate 68
15 81,9
18,1 3
Nurses and society
Good Moderate
65 18
78,3 21,7
4 Nurses and
co-workers Good
Moderate 68
15 81,9
18,1 5
Nurses and organization
Good Moderate
62 21
74,7 25,3
Source: Primary Data, 2016 According to table 3, it can know that the
majority respondent has good level of knowledge for every aspect in nurses’
ethic codes. The highest percentages is “nurses and patients” with largest
respondent have good knowledge with 69 people 83.1 while the lowest is “
nurses and profession” with 62 people 74.7.
2. Perspectives of Nurses’ Ethic Codes
This study have two themes including definition and functions of ethics and
contents of nurses’s codes of ethics. A. Knowledge about definition and
function of nursing ethic codes Examples of Students Narrative
Comments on Definition
and Function Nurse’s Codes of Ethics.
Ethic codes nurse’s is a rules that have to obey by nurses” R1
Nurse’s ethic codes is a matters that direct nurses related to nurses patient
relationship and society” R2
“Nurse’s ethic codes is like a guidance
or limitations what have to do as a nurses and how to manage the patients
without enter the other profession” R4
Nurse’s ethic codes are a guidance of
us to do nursing action that containing of ethic codes which is good is like
what?” R6
“Nurse’s ethic codes are values or norms that has committed to manage
our profession to do their obligations and the contents what have to do and
not”R9
B. Knowledge about contents nursing ethic codes
2.1 Examples of Students Narrative Comments on Nurses and Patient
Nurses respect the patient, no differences the ethnic of patients, keep the privacy of
patients” R2
“Nurse must be fair in view and take care
the patients”R6 “Nurses have obligations to make patients
and their feel comfort, building trust and
kindness”R7
5
“Nurses as a patient’s advocate have role
to give advice to patient, maintain mutual trust relationship and practicing their job
well done. Nurses have responsibility to do
nursing intervention suitable with the patients “R9
Nurses have to keep privacy of patients and practice caring “R10
2.2 Examples of Students Narrative Comments on Nurses and Practice
“Nurses up hold professionalism and they must follow the rules in services” R2
“Nurses have responsible to give the best service since hospital admission until the
patient get heal” R5 Nurses in practice have to caring, know
their job description, know their independent nursing intervention and
collaborate to solve the patient problems” R7
“Nurses in practices maintain ethical principles such as maleficient, beneficiene,
veracity, justice, do not distinguish the level of economic, ethnic and gender”R9
“Nurses have responsible to keep patient safety “R10
2.3 Examples of Students Narrative Comments on Nurses and Society
“Nurses attitude are good, openness and ready to help the society. Professional
attitude is mutual relationship” R1 Nurses have to serve society
comprehensively, give the information and justice” R3
“Nurses give the health promotion to improve quality of life and wellness “R4
“Nurses have mutual relationship,
providing medical information
and education. Nurses must be prepared
according to its competence or knowledge” R7
“Society is the priority for the intervention,
health education and
empowerment to improve health level” R9
2.4 Examples of Students Narrative Comments
on Nurses and
Organization “Organization have to clear the
profession of nurses, the right of nurses” R4
Nurses communicate and support all of
the people in Indonesian National Nurses Association for example in prevention
diseases” R5
“ All of the nurses have to join in organizational profession and they have to
care about organization of their contribution” R7
6
“Nurses have to play role in organization
and obey their rules” R10
“Nurses should up date their knowledge
because the information of health increase significantly”R11
2.5 Examples of Students Narrative Comments on Nurses and Co-
