Much attention has been paid to the role of the nurse in recognizing and addressing ethical
dilemmas. There has been less emphasis, however, on the issue of whether or not nurses …

Ethical challenges are commonplace in critical care settings. Questions about the
boundaries of ethically permissible treatment, assessment of decisionmaking capacity …

Background Ethical challenges in clinical practice significantly affect frontline nurses,
leading to moral distress, burnout, and job dissatisfaction, which can undermine safety …

Moral distress is a pervasive problem in the nursing profession. An inability to act in
alignment with one's moral values is detrimental not only to the nurse's well-being but also to …

Although moral distress is now a well-recognized phenomenon among all of the healthcare
professions, few evidence-based strategies have been published to address it. In morally …

Background Intensive care unit nurses experience moral distress when they feel unable to
deliver ethically appropriate care to patients. Moral distress is associated with nurse burnout …

Decades of research have documented the frequency, sources, and consequences of moral
distress. However, few studies have focused on interventions designed to diminish its …

Aims and objectives To examine demographic and work characteristics of interdisciplinary
healthcare professionals associated with higher burnout and to examine whether the four …

Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice, Fourth Edition,
remains the only comprehensive textbook available on the ethical issues faced by APNs …

Background: Complexity in health care environments causes practice problems. Nurses
bear responsibility for recognizing, addressing, and preventing ethical problems …