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

Table 3

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

	Professional experience^1	Age	Marital status^2	Country of birth^3
		β	β	β
Severity of the manager’s misconduct	−0.08	0.06	−0.08	−0.14
Internal whistleblowing index: approach the manager or authority figure in the organization	0.25*	0.28*	0.14	0.03
External whistleblowing index: approach the Nurses’ Association or the media	0.32**	0.36**	0.17	0.11

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