When healthcare professionals cannot do the right thing: A systematic review of moral distress and its correlates

G Lamiani, L Borghi… - Journal of health …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Moral distress occurs when professionals cannot carry out what they believe to be ethically
appropriate actions. This review describes the publication trend on moral distress and …

Moral distress experienced by nurses: a quantitative literature review

Y Oh, C Gastmans - Nursing ethics, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Nurses are frequently confronted with ethical dilemmas in their nursing practice. As a
consequence, nurses report experiencing moral distress. The aim of this review was to …

Enhancing understanding of moral distress: the measure of moral distress for health care professionals

EG Epstein, PB Whitehead, C Prompahakul… - AJOB empirical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: As ongoing research explores the impact of moral distress on health care
professionals (HCPs) and organizations and seeks to develop effective interventions, valid …

Moral distress among healthcare professionals: Report of an institution‐wide survey

PB Whitehead, RK Herbertson… - Journal of nursing …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Moral distress is a phenomenon affecting many professionals across healthcare
settings. Few studies have used a standard measure of moral distress to assess and …

CE: moral distress: a catalyst in building moral resilience

CH Rushton, M Caldwell, M Kurtz - AJN The American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
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 …

The severity of moral distress in nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Salari, S Shohaimi, B Khaledi-Paveh… - Philosophy, Ethics, and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Moral distress is one of the most important problems that nurses face in their
care of patients. Various studies have reported the frequency and severity of moral distress …

Relationship between moral distress and ethical climate with job satisfaction in nurses

S Asgari, V Shafipour, Z Taraghi… - Nursing …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Moral distress and ethical climate are important issues in the workplace that
appear to affect people's quality of work life. Objectives: This study was conducted to …

Development and psychometric testing of a new tool for detecting moral distress: the Moral Distress Thermometer

LD Wocial, MT Weaver - Journal of advanced nursing, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim. To report the development and psychometric testing of the Moral Distress
Thermometer. The Moral Distress Thermometer is a new screening tool to measure moral …

The relationship between moral distress, burnout, and considering leaving a hospital job during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey

RG Maunder, ND Heeney, RA Greenberg, LP Jeffs… - BMC nursing, 2023 - Springer
Background Previous research suggests that moral distress contributes to burnout in nurses
and other healthcare workers. We hypothesized that burnout both contributed to moral …

Nurses' moral distress, burnout, and intentions to leave: an integrative review

A Karakachian, A Colbert - Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Moral distress has been widely addressed across the nursing profession and within other
disciplines. Forensic nurses are a vital part of the nursing profession as they care for …