Experiences of critical care nurses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Background:Critical care nurses have risked their lives and in some cases their families through hazardous duty during the COVID-19 pandemic and have faced multiple ethical challenges.Research/aim:The purpose of our study was to examine how critical care nurses coped with the sustained multi-faceted...

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Authors: Moore, Dorothy James (Author) ; Dawkins, Denise (Author) ; Hampton, Michelle DeCoux (Author) ; McNiesh, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2022
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 540-551
Further subjects:B topic areas
B end of life issues
B Moral Sensitivity
B intensive care
B ethical climate of organizations / moral
B Moral Distress
B Areas of practice
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