The ethical climate is one aspect of an organization which refers to the shared perceptions of ethically correct behaviors and way of handling ethically deviated behaviors. Increased awareness of the complexity of ethical issues in the health care setting has fueled interest in nursing ethics. However; there is limited information on the relationship between nurses’ perception of ethical climate and job satisfaction globally and no study was done on this issue particularly in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the relationship between nurses’ perception of ethical climates and job satisfaction in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, southwest Ethiopia, 2016. Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on 266 nurses in Jimma University Specialized Hospital from March to April 2016. The study participants were invited by using simple random sampling method. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires and were entered into Epidata 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS Version 20.0. Pearson’s correlation was used to assess the correlation between each dimension of the hospital ethical climate and job satisfaction of nurses. Variables significant at bivariate analysis (P < 0.25) were considered as a candidate for the multivariable linear regression analysis. All analyses were conducted at the 0.05 significance level. The percentage mean score for ethical climate and job satisfaction were 53.4 and 51.3% respectively. Law and code climate significantly influenced job satisfaction (β = 1.53, p = 0.000). Caring climate also significantly influenced nurses job satisfaction (β = 0.99, p = 0.000). The result also showed that an independence climate significantly influenced job satisfaction (β = 0.62, p = 0.041). On the other hand, rule climate and instrumental climate did not significantly affect job satisfaction (β = 0.380, p = 0.409 and β = − 0.208, p = 0.290 respectively). The adjusted R square was 0.601, indicating that 60.1% of the variations in job satisfactions was explained by ethical climate variables. The different dimensions of ethical climates have a negative or positive impact on nurses’ job satisfaction and maintaining a positive ethical climate is key to increasing nurses’ job satisfaction.

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埃塞俄比亚西南部奥罗米亚地区吉马大学专科医院护士对道德氛围的看法与工作满意度之间的关系


道德氛围是组织的一个方面，指的是对道德正确行为的共同看法以及处理道德偏差行为的方式。人们对医疗保健环境中道德问题复杂性的认识不断提高，激发了人们对护理道德的兴趣。然而;关于全球范围内护士对道德氛围的看法与工作满意度之间关系的信息有限，并且没有对此问题进行研究，特别是在埃塞俄比亚。因此，本研究旨在评估 2016 年埃塞俄比亚西南部季马大学专科医院护士对道德氛围的看法与工作满意度之间的关系。对季马大学专科医院 266 名护士进行了基于机构的横断面研究。 2016年4月。采用简单随机抽样方法邀请研究参与者。使用自填问卷收集数据，输入 Epidata 3.1 并使用 SPSS 20.0 版进行分析。采用皮尔逊相关系数评估医院道德氛围各维度与护士工作满意度之间的相关性。双变量分析显着的变量 (P < 0.25) 被视为多变量线性回归分析的候选变量。所有分析均在 0.05 显着性水平下进行。道德氛围和工作满意度的百分比平均分分别为 53.4% 和 51.3%。法律和法规氛围显着影响工作满意度（β = 1.53，p = 0.000）。关爱氛围也显着影响护士的工作满意度（β = 0.99，p = 0.000）。结果还表明，独立氛围显着影响工作满意度（β = 0.62，p = 0.041）。 另一方面，规则氛围和工具氛围并没有显着影响工作满意度（分别为 β = 0.380，p = 0.409 和 β = − 0.208，p = 0.290）。调整后的 R 平方为 0.601，表明 60.1% 的工作满意度变化是由道德氛围变量解释的。不同维度的道德氛围对护士的工作满意度有负面或积极的影响，保持积极的道德氛围是提高护士工作满意度的关键。