Evaluation of Nurses' Compliance with Ethical and Legal Considerations in Nursing Care of Neonates at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Ethical principles in combination with professional and legal practice guidelines provide an ethical framework for the highly technical and often ethically ambiguous NICU environment. Nurses in the NICU must continually question and consider ethical principles when providing care to neonates because the technology of care is not always congruent with the ethics of NICU care. This study aimed to assess nurses' compliance with ethical and legal considerations in nursing care of neonates at NICU. Research Question 1. Are the neonatal nurses complied with ethical and legal considerations in nursing care of neonates at neonatal intensive care unit?