Nurses are fundamental to the delivery of quality patient care. As health care demand from nurses becomes increasingly difficult, they face challenging ethical issues in patient care, perceive limited respect in their work climate, and are gradually dissatisfied. The relationship between hospital ethical climate factors and job satisfaction and intent to turnover has rarely been considered so this study was conducted to examine the nurses’ perception of ethical climate existing in hospitals and its relationship to job satisfaction and intent to turn over among nurses in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using self-administered online questionnaires of 150 convenient nurses from social media private groups in Saudi Arabia. Respondents reported positive perception of hospital ethical climate. Results showed significant correlation between hospital ethical climate and nurse job satisfaction and correlation also with nurse intent to turnover. In conclusion investing in hospitals ethics support and resources for nurses and creating a positive ethical climate for nursing practice might lead to more job satisfaction of nurses, and possibly reduce turnover intentions. This could accordingly have a positive effect on patient care quality.
 

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