Clear conscience grounded in relations: Expressions of Persian-speaking nurses in Sweden

Abstract

Cultural frameworks and the context of practice needed to be considered in interpreting the meaning of conscience and clear conscience.

Meanings of troubled conscience and how to deal with it: expressions of Persian‐speaking enrolled nurses in Sweden

“…Another explanation could be related to the ways in which nurses with Swedish compared to Iranian backgrounds understood the conscience. Nurses with Iranian backgrounds were revealed to perceive the conscience as an inner guide which should be followed and that a clear conscience is linked to relationships and in connecting with the people they care for. To maintain a clear conscience, nurses with Iranian background listened to the inner voice of their conscience, while Swedish nursing staff have stated that the conscience can sometimes give out the wrong signals .…”

“…The participants did not refer specifically to any professional ethics, but talked about the older people who they cared for as though they had been relatives. Having a clear conscience was grounded in the relationships that the ENs established with their care recipients from their home country . In previous studies, ENs referred to external factors in their profession as being sources of having a troubled conscience, such as lack of time to deliver good care , the influence of workload on their private lives , hardship in allocating their limited time to the most needed ones , endeavours to follow the care guidelines and witnessing disturbing conflicts among co‐workers .…”

“…This importance sharpens when taking into account the adverse effects of a troubled conscience, that is, an increased risk of burnout and lower quality of care (20,21). Our previous study on ENs with Iranian immigrant background (42) showed that their perception of conscience was different than that of ENs with a Swedish background. For instance, as reported in earlier studies, ENs with an Iranian background reported that they needed to directly follow the voice of their conscience in order to have a clear conscience, while RNs with Swedish (17) and Turkish backgrounds (43) perceived it as a voice that must be interpreted.…”

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Clarifying the concept of conscience in nurses’ ethical performance in Iran: a concept analysis study

“…In many studies, including Lamb et al, conscience was introduced as a commanding authority issuing a warning signal depending on the subject’s culture and context ( 3 ). Other studies described conscience as the cornerstone of ethics ( 4 , 8 ). When nurses follow their conscience to provide quality care, their interpretation of conscience is positive; otherwise, conscientious conflict causes a troubled conscience that can be associated with the feeling of guilt ( 9 , 10 ).…”