Ethical issues experienced by intensive care unit nurses in everyday practice
This research aims to identify the ethical issues perceived by intensive care nurses in their everyday practice. It also aims to understand why these situations were considered an ethical issue and what interventions/strategies have been or are expected to be developed so as to minimize them. Data w...
| Autores principales: | ; |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
2013
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| En: |
Nursing ethics
Año: 2013, Volumen: 20, Número: 1, Páginas: 72-82 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Nursing Care
B Decision Making B Nurses B ethical issues B intensive care units |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | This research aims to identify the ethical issues perceived by intensive care nurses in their everyday practice. It also aims to understand why these situations were considered an ethical issue and what interventions/strategies have been or are expected to be developed so as to minimize them. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview with 15 nurses working at polyvalent intensive care units in 4 Portuguese hospitals, who were selected by the homogenization of multiple samples. The qualitative content analysis identified end-of-life decisions, privacy, interaction, team work, and health-care access as emerging ethical issues. Personal, team, and institutional aspects emerge as reasons behind the experience of these issues. Personal and team resources are used in and for solving these issues. Moral development and training are the most significant strategies. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0989 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0969733012452683 |
