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 …

Ethical challenges are inherent in nursing practice. They affect patients, families, teams,
organizations, and nurses themselves. These challenges arise when there are competing …

Moral distress is a phenomenon in which a healthcare professional perceives an ethically
preferable or morally right course of action to take, but internal or external constraints make it …

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 …

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 …

Background: Moral distress is a complex phenomenon frequently experienced by critical
care nurses. Ethical conflicts in this practice area are related to technological advancement …

Nurse clinicians may experience moral distress when they are unable to translate their
moral choices into moral action. The costs of unrelieved moral distress are high; ultimately …

Little is known about the consequences of moral distress. The purpose of this study was to
identify clinical situations that caused nurses to experience moral distress, to understand the …

Aims and objectives To examine the level and frequency of moral distress in staff nurses
working in two types of units in an acute care hospital and to gather information for future …

Background Moral distress is a complex ethical phenomenon that occurs when one is not
able to act according to their moral judgement. Consequences of moral distress negatively …