Table 3.

The relationship between moral distress and ethical climate in the NICU nurses

Variable		Correlation coefficient	P-value*
The number of times faced with moral tension	Ethical climate of colleagues	-0.17	0.06
The intensity of moral distress		-0.20	0.02
The number of times faced with moral tension	Ethical climate doctors	-0.07	0.46
The intensity of moral distress		-0.07	0.43
The number of times faced with moral tension	Ethical climate doctors	-0.13	0.18
The intensity of moral distress		-0.13	0.14
The number of times faced with moral tension	Ethical climate patients	-0.04	0.68
The intensity of moral distress		-0.22	0.01
The number of times faced with moral tension	Ethical climate nurse managers	-0.05	0.56
The intensity of moral distress		-0.21	0.01
The number of times faced with moral tension	Total ethical climate	-0.10	0.24
The intensity of moral distress		-0.19	0.03