Background Moral distress is recognized as an international problem that contributes to
decreased work productivity, job dissatisfaction and intent to leave for adult Critical Care …

Objectives To assess moral distress intensity and frequency in adult/paediatric nurses in
critical care and non-critical care units; and explore relationships of nurse characteristics …

Aim To explore and understand moral distress from the perspective of and as experienced
by critical care nurses in Korea. Background The concept of moral distress among critical …

Background Over the last three decades, there has been a growing body of literature that
has described moral distress as a prominent issue that negatively affects intensive care …

Moral distress has been covered extensively in the nursing literature and increasingly in the
literature of other health professions. Cases that cause nurses' moral distress that are …

BACKGROUND Jameton, who first conceptualized moral distress, described it as arising
when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible …

Nurses facing impediments to what they perceive as moral practice may experience moral
distress. The purpose of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to determine similarities …

Nurses frequently experience conflict regarding healthcare decisions, yet are expected to
implement actions which they perceive to be morally wrong. Research has described the …

• Background Moral distress is caused by situations in which the ethically appropriate course
of action is known but cannot be taken. Moral distress is thought to be a serious problem …

Background Moral distress (MD) occurs when clinicians are constrained from taking what
they believe to be ethically appropriate actions. When unattended, MD may result in moral …