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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"moral distress"”.
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Social Workers' Experience of Moral Distress
According to Jameton (1985), “moral distress arises when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action” (as cited in Pendry, 2007, p.1). The issue of nurses and moral distress has been studied extensively; however, …
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The Occurrence Of Moral Distress In Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
… ethical challenges, nurses report experiencing moral distress. This experience is often manifested by such feelings as anger, guilt, sadness, fear, and frustration and has been identified as a contributing factor to burnout and turnover in nursing. A review of the literature has shown that the …
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A Systems Approach to Moral Distress in Long Term Care
… answer is whether or not a Systems Approach to Moral Distress can serve to positively address issues of moral distress within the Long-Term Care setting. Because moral distress has largely been understood as a phenomenon of the individual, efforts to address and reduce incidents of moral …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Moral Distress and Coping in Emergency Nursing
… actions and the individual’s sense of what is morally the right thing to do. As a consequence of multiple moral dilemmas ED staff nurses are at risk for experiencing distress and how they cope with these challenges may impact their practice.</p> <p><strong>Objectives</strong>: <strong> …
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Caring for Victims of Child Maltreatment: Pediatric Nurses’ Moral Distress and Burnout
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Moral distress is a significant concern for nurses as it can lead to burnout and intentions to leaving the profession. Pediatric nurses encounter stressful and ethically challenging situations when they care for victims of suspected child maltreatment. Data on …
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ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING AS AN INTERVENTION FOR MORAL DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS
Moral distress in the healthcare field includes feelings of frustration, anger, guilt, anxiety, depression, despair, and powerlessness to carry out ethically appropriate actions to patients in line with personal values in the setting of external constraints. Psychiatry residents are particularly …
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The Impact Of Moral Injury And Moral Distress On Spirituality From A Military Perspective
… to gain greater insight and understanding of how moral injury, moral distress, and shame can influence spirituality and to determine ways to effectively improve treatment to support and serve those carrying these unspeakable wounds. The experience of loss, betrayal, uncertainty, and fractured …
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Walking Alongside: Moral Distress and Accompaniment in Social Work Practice with Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
… little scholarly attention has been given to the distress or the endurance of social workers working with unaccompanied youth. Through analysis of 21 participant interviews with social workers who support unaccompanied youth throughout the United States, this dissertation builds on and extends the …
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A Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry into Moral Distress, Compassion Fatigue, Medication Error, and Critical Care Nursing
… of five CCNs provided the qualitative data. The Moral Distress Scale (MDS), Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL), and Medication Administration Error (MAE) Scale and demographics form were used to measure quantitative data. Quantitative findings included the majority of participants were …
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Moral Distress and Avoidance Behavior in Nurses Working in Critical Care and Non-Critical Care Units
… facing impediments to what they perceive as moral practice may experience inner turmoil, frustration, and moral distress. These scenarios may culminate in resignation from employment at the individual level, increased attrition at the systems level, and poor patient outcomes, including …
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Nursing Home Staff's Experience of Moral Distress when Caring for Residents at the End of Life.
… die in nursing homes in the United Kingdom (UK). Moral distress in healthcare professionals has been linked to end of life issues but there has been a lack of investigation of the concept in the nursing home context and how staff in this environment experiences it. The aim of the study was to …
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Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Moral Distress Among Counselors Working with Children and Adolescents
… by developing an instrument designed to assess moral distress among counselors working with children and/or adolescents. Using open-ended surveys and semi-structured interviews, detailed descriptions of participants’ experiences of moral distress were obtained in order to gain an initial …
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The Lived Experience of Moral Distress for Nephrology Nurses Who Care for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
… focus is to investigate the lived experience of moral distress for registered nurses who care for patients with chronic kidney disease. Incidence of chronic kidney disease is growing in Canada, and retaining skilled nephrology nurses is essential. As the disease progresses, and the patient and …
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The impact of moral distress on the provision of nursing care amongst critical care nurses in the eThekwini District
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Master of Health Sciences in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
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Audiologists' perceptions of ethical climate and level of moral distress in the provision of amplification services in South Africa
Moral Distress (MD) has attracted significant attention among researchers, with most research focused on nurses. South Africa has an unequal distribution of resources between the public and private healthcare sectors. Private practices depend on hearing aid sales to generate income, making the …
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A Quantitative Inquiry into Moral Distress and Psychological Empowerment in Critical Care Nurses Caring for Adults during End of Life
… and it is known that these nurses can experience moral distress. Moral distress occurs when nurses are unable to perform what they believe is ethically correct. There has been speculation that psychological empowerment may ameliorate moral distress among critical care nurses. However, research has …
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An exploration of burnout, moral distress, and moral injury: A nationwide survey of their influence on well-being in physical therapists
… decreased quality of care, and poor well-being. Moral injury may lead to poor well-being as current burnout interventions have limited effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to examine whether burnout and/or moral injury are related to physical therapist intention to leave their job or …
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Moral Distress: The Importance Of Support For Black And Brown Nurses After Encountering Racism From Patients And Peers In The Acute Care Setting
<p>Purpose: This DNP project developed and implemented an online training program to support Black and Brown nurses’ post-racism encounters in the acute care inpatient setting. Background: Nationally, it is estimated that 25% of nurses experience mistreatment by patients each year, but many fail to …
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Examining Nurses' Moral Distress, Acts of Moral Courage, and Influence of Ethical Climate in Caring for COVID-19 Patients During the Pandemic
… the nurses in the United States (U.S.) and their moral actions taken in the care of COVID-19 patients. Since March 2020, the U.S. has recorded over 103 million COVID-19 cases and over 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths (CDC, 2023). Healthcare workers comprised nearly 1.2 million of the cases and 2,500 of …
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