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The Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회)
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The impact of nursing students' biomedical and artificial intelligence ethical awareness, ethical values, and professional self-concept on their ethical decision-making confidence

간호대학생의 생명의료 및 인공지능 윤리의식, 윤리적 가치관, 전문직 자아개념이 윤리적 의사결정 자신감에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Seungmi (Department of Nursing Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Jang, Insun (Department of Nursing, Korean Bible University)
  • Received : 2023.07.18
  • Accepted : 2023.09.02
  • Published : 2023.11.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between nursing students' biomedical and artificial intelligence (AI) ethical awareness, ethical values, professional self-concept, and ethical decision-making confidence, and to then identify factors that can influence their ethical decision-making confidence. Methods: This study employed a descriptive research method and was conducted from June 8 to 12, 2023, with 204 students from three nursing colleges in Korea. The collected data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, independent t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using IBM SPSS 23.0. Results: The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the regression model was significant (F=18.88, p<.001) and that professional self-concept (β=.46, p<.001), ethics education (β=.23, p<.001), AI ethical awareness (β=.16, p=.020), and relativistic ethical values (β=.14, p=.035) explained 34.6% of the nursing students' ethical decision-making confidence. Conclusion: It is necessary to include professional self-concept, AI ethical awareness, and ethical values contents when constructing the curriculums of educational programs in order to improve nursing students' ethical decision-making confidence.

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This paper was supported by the Korean Bible University Research Fund in 2023.

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