Table 1.

Type of ethical dilemma, occupation, and care reasoning.

Type of dilemma	Registered nurses		Practical nurses		Total		Care reasoning a
	n	%	n	%	N	%	Mean	SD
Needs of others	77	29	28	26	105	28	65.24a	31.87
Conflicting demands	17	6	10	9	27	7	58.33a,b	37.34
Social pressure	29	11	15	14	44	12	27.84c	30.60
Transgression	39	14	19	18	58	15	29.31c	31.11
Applying rule	90	33	31	29	121	32	28.10c	29.15
Internal conflict	18	7	4	4	22	6	45.45b	35.04
Total	270	100	107	100	377	100	41.78	35.38

Values with different subindices (a,b,c) differ from each other at level p < .05.

^aMean percentage of justice reasoning is inversed to mean percentage of care reasoning.