Giving nurses a voice during ethical conflict in the Intensive Care Unit

Background:Ethical conflict and subsequent nurse moral distress and burnout are common in the intensive care unit (ICU). There is a gap in our understanding of nurses’ perceptions of how organizational resources support them in addressing ethical conflict in the intensive care unit.Research question...

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Authors: McAndrew, Natalie S (Author) ; Hardin, Joshua B (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2020
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 8, Pages: 1631-1644
Further subjects:B intensive care
B Ethical Conflict
B Nurses
B Moral Distress
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