Reporting Misconduct of a Coworker to Protect a Patient: A Comparison between Experienced Nurses and Nursing Students

Table 2

Linear regression: predictors for the explanation of the severity of the misconduct and the internal and external whistleblowing—ethical dilemma involving a colleague at work ().

	Professional experience^1	Age	Marital status^2	Country of birth^3
			β	β
Severity of the colleague’s misconduct	−0.20	−0.03	−0.04	−0.15
Internal whistleblowing index: approach the colleague or authority figure in the organization	0.34**	0.31*	0.08	0.02
External whistleblowing index: approach the Nurses' Association or the media	0.35**	0.37**	0.07	0.03

; ; ¹0 = experienced nurses; 1 = inexperienced nursing students; ²0 = married; 1 = other; ³0 = Israel; 1 = other.