Care situations demanding moral courage: Content analysis of nurses’ experiences

Background:Nurses encounter complex ethical dilemmas in everyday nursing care. It is important for nurses to have moral courage to act in these situations which threaten patients’ safety or their good care. However, there is lack of research of moral courage.Purpose:This study describes nurses’ expe...

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Authors: Kleemola, Emmi (Author) ; Leino-Kilpi, Helena (Author) ; Numminen, Olivia (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2020
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 714-725
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Nursing
B moral courage
B Moral Action
B Nurse
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