Comparación de la resiliencia moral entre estudiantes de enfermería y enfermeras clínicas en Irán: un estudio transversal

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https://doi.org/10.71164/socialmedicine.v19i3.2026.2363

Palabras clave:

Moral Resilience, Moral Distress, Nurses, Nursing Students

Resumen

Antecedentes. La resiliencia moral es un proceso activo e intencional de reajuste tras una situación de angustia moral. Es una capacidad esencial para que las enfermeras y los estudiantes de enfermería afronten eficazmente los desafíos morales, preservando su bienestar psicológico e integridad profesional. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar y comparar los niveles de resiliencia moral entre estudiantes de enfermería y enfermeras clínicas. Métodos. Este estudio transversal descriptivo-analítico se llevó a cabo en la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sirjan. Se seleccionaron 204 participantes (104 estudiantes y 100 enfermeras) mediante muestreo aleatorio estratificado. Los datos se recopilaron mediante un cuestionario demográfico y la Escala de Resiliencia Moral de Rushton (RMRS-16). El análisis de datos se realizó con SPSS (v.26). Se utilizaron estadísticas descriptivas, pruebas t, ANOVA y regresión lineal múltiple para el análisis de datos. Resultados. Las enfermeras demostraron puntuaciones significativamente más altas que las estudiantes en resiliencia moral general (p < 0.05), así como en las subescalas de eficacia moral (p < 0.001) e integridad relacional (resiliencia, p < 0.05). No se observaron diferencias significativas en las subescalas de integridad personal y respuesta a la adversidad moral (p > 0.05). El análisis de regresión mostró que las variables demográficas como la edad y estado civil no predijeron la resiliencia moral. Sin embargo, entre las enfermeras, los participantes masculinos obtuvieron puntuaciones significativamente más altas que las femeninas en resiliencia moral total y subescalas seleccionadas (p < 0.05). Conclusión. Los resultados sugieren que los estudiantes de enfermería presentan niveles significativamente más bajos de resiliencia moral en comparación con los enfermeros clínicos. La experiencia clínica y el apoyo institucional pueden desempeñar un papel fundamental en el desarrollo de la resiliencia moral. La integración de la mentoría estructurada y la formación moral en la educación

     

Biografía del autor/a

Maryam Firouzabadi, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran.

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2026-09-01

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