Abstract

The first component of ethics is the moral sensitivity. It is the foundation and cornerstone of the nursing care. The communication skills play key role in the nursing profession to provide best quality of care. This study conducted to examine the relationship between moral sensitivity and communication skills in Iranian nursing managers in 2016. 60 nursing managers working in Arak, Iran hospitals participated in this cross sectional study by census. Data were collected through demographic sheet, Barton’s communication skills and Han’s moral sensitivity questionnaires and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test, chi-square, ANOVA and fisher’s exact test by spss16. Mean score of ethical sensitivity was 95.61±11.01 and for communicational skills was 62.66±3.53. Mean score of communication skills by moral sensitivity level has meaningful differences (P<0.01). So that most nursing managers with high moral sensitivity scores had excellent communication skills scores. Moral sensitivity scores by all the components of communication skills has meaningful differences (P<0/001).Nursing managers who had high ethical sensitivity has better communication skills. Therefore strengthening ethical sensitivity increases nurse manager’s communication skills and improve the quality of care providing process. © 2018, Advanced Scientific Research. All rights reserved.