Bernie Pauly, Colleen Varcoe, Janet Storch, Lorelei Newton
Moral distress is a phenomenon of increasing concern in nursing practice,
education and research. Previous research has suggested that moral distress is
associated with perceptions of ethical climate, which has implications for
nursing practice and patient outcomes. In this study, a randomly selected sample
of registered nurses was surveyed using Corley’s Moral Distress Scale and
Olson’s Hospital ... hiện toàn bộ
Moral distress has received much attention in the international nursing
literature in recent years. In this article, we describe the evolution of the
concept of moral distress among nursing theorists from its initial delineation
by the philosopher Jameton to its subsequent deployment as an umbrella concept
describing the impact of moral constraints on health professionals and the
patients for whom... hiện toàn bộ
Background: Positioned at the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19 disease,
nurses are at increased risk of contraction, yet as they feel obligated to
provide care, they also experience ethical pressure. Research question and
objectives: The study examined how Israeli nurses respond to ethical dilemmas
and tension during the COVID-19 outbreak, and to what extent this is associated
with their ... hiện toàn bộ
Sara T. Fry, Rose Harvey, Ann C. Hurley, Barbara Jo Foley
The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a model of moral
distress in military nursing. The model evolved through an analysis of the moral
distress and military nursing literature, and the analysis of interview data
obtained from US Army Nurse Corps officers (n = 13). Stories of moral distress
(n = 10) given by the interview participants identified the process of the moral
dis... hiện toàn bộ
Froukje Weidema, Bert Molewijk, Frans Kamsteeg, Guy Widdershoven
Deliberative ways of dealing with ethical issues in health care are expanding.
Moral case deliberation is an example, providing group-wise, structured
reflection on dilemmas from practice. Although moral case deliberation is well
described in literature, aims and results of moral case deliberation sessions
are unknown. This research shows (a) why managers introduce moral case
deliberation and (b) ... hiện toàn bộ
The factors preventing registered nurses from failing students in practice are
multifaceted and have attracted much debate over recent years. However, writers
rarely focus on what is needed to fail an incompetent pre-registration nursing
student in their final placement. This hermeneutic study explored the mentor
experience of failing a pre-registration nursing student in their final
placement. A ... hiện toàn bộ
Physicians and nurses need to sustain their unique strengths and work in true
collaboration, recognizing their interdependence and the complementarity of
their knowledge, skills and perspectives, as well as their common moral
commitments. In this article, challenges often faced by both nurses and
physicians in working collaboratively are explored with a focus on the ways in
which each profession's... hiện toàn bộ
In this article the author argues that nursing is best understood as a
vocational occupation. Using Blum’s model of vocations it is argued that such
occupations are socially expressed within practices embodying traditions, norms
and a range of meanings: industrial, social, personal and moral. Vocational
workers are those who identify in certain ways with these traditions, norms and
meanings. One p... hiện toàn bộ
Sandra van der Dam, Tineke Abma, Bert Molewijk, Martinus Josephus Maria Kardol, J.M.G.A. Schols, Gam Widdershoven
Moral case deliberation (MCD) is a specific form of clinical ethics, aiming to
stimulate ethical reflection in daily practice in order to improve the quality
of care. This article focuses on the implementation of MCD in nursing homes and
the questions how and where to organize MCD. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate one way of organizing MCD in two Dutch nursing homes. In both of these
nurs... hiện toàn bộ