Moral distress in correctional nurses: A national survey

Background:Moral distress is an increasingly documented problem in nursing and might foster nurses’ intention to leave their workplace. It has been studied in different settings, but no specific research has been conducted in Italian correctional facilities. A recent Italian study produced a prelimi...

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Authors: Lazzari, Tiziano (Author) ; Terzoni, Stefano (Author) ; Destrebecq, Anne (Author) ; Meani, Luca (Author) ; Bonetti, Loris (Author) ; Ferrara, Paolo (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2020
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-52
Further subjects:B Scale
B Moral Distress
B Correctional nursing
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