Parastoo Majidipour , Keyvan Boland Hamtan , Rahmatolah Marzooghi , Mehdi Salehi

Abstract

Ethics of care does not accept general moral rules and emphasizes the influence of the moral agent and emotions on moral judgment. Given the impact of emotions on judgment, the present study aimed to analyze the experiences of female educational supervisors of leadership challenges in hospitals in Kermanshah. The present study approach was qualitative, and its strategy was Antenarrative. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through content analysis. Based on interviews, 7 Axial codes were: Educational Leadership, Organizational Culture, and climate Management, Career Growth and Professional Development, Ability to Communicate, Develop, Supervise and Evaluate Educational Programs, Leadership Challenges Due to Care Ethics and Top characteristics of women’s leadership. Five of the seven core codes include educational leadership, organizational culture and climate management, career growth and professional development, the ability to communicate, compile, monitor, and evaluate training programs indicate the experience of female educational supervisors from leadership ethics challenges in Kermanshah hospitals. This also called functional identifiers. According to moral and professional methods, educational supervisors about professional values for preparing to remove leadership challenges arising from care ethics is necessary. Therefore, by adopting measures, female educational supervisors should become more familiar with the dimensions of professional and moral values of nursing care. The necessity of internalizing these values and promoting professional performance by implementing the leadership of care ethics based on these values should be encouraged‎.

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