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Abstract
Ethical principles of the nursing profession affect all areas of the professional nursing and have a key role in judging and deciding in the clinical environment. Aim of the study: It aimed at studying ethical principles of the nursing profession and clinical decision-making among nursing students at Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University. Research Design: A descriptive correlational research design were used to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: The study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University. Sample: Included 210 nursing students from the second, third, and fourth academic years by using a systematic random sample. Tools of data collection: Data were collected using Nursing Students Ethical Principles Questionnaire (NSEPQ) and Clinical Decision Making in Nursing Scale (CDMNS). Results: Nursing students record a positive perception toward total ethical principles of the nursing profession as well as its dimensions of beneficence, veracity, and justice and fairness, whereas they record a negative perception toward non-maleficence. Also, the highest percentage of nursing students record the medium level of clinical decision-making ability, compared to the least percentage of them record the low level of clinical decision-making ability. Conclusion: There is a positive statistically significant correlation between nursing students’ perceptions about ethical principles of the nursing profession and their clinical decision-making ability. Recommendations: Designing training programs for teaching staff, clinical instructors, and nursing students about ethical principles of the nursing profession and clinical decision-making in the nursing practice.