Objective:This study aims to identify the ethical sensitivity levels of pediatric nursesand the factors affecting this sensitivity Methods:Without choosing a sample group from the population, the study was carri - ed out with 120 pediatric nurses who accepted to participate in the study realized inErzurum. The data were collected via the Socio-Demographic Data Form prepared bythe researchers and Ethical Sensitivity Scale. Percentage distribution, average,Kruskal-Wallis, Mann Whitney U tests, t-test and Dunn test were used in evaluatingthe data. Results:The average of the total points that nurses got from ethical sensitivity scalewas found as 93.80±19.10. It was also found that the age of the nurses affected the"Autonomy" and "Orientation" sub-dimensions and "Ethical Sensitivity Total Point".It was revealed that marital status had an impact on "providing benefit" and "appli - cation" sub-dimension points of the scale while educational background had animpact on "autonomy" and "providing benefit" points. It was found that the ethicaltraining of nurses after graduation had an impact on "application" sub-dimensionwhile the existence of an ethical committee in the institution they work for had animpact on "providing benefit" and "conflict" sub-dimensions. Conclusion:The findings of this study revealed that the ethical sensitivity levels ofnurses were lower than the ethical sensitivity levels detected in many previous studiesand some factors were effective on ethical sensitivity levels.