Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents

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Autor(a) principal: Carnevale,Franco A.
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672013000700004
Resumo: The concept of moral distress has brought forth a substantively different way of understanding some of the difficulties confronted by nurses in their practice. This concept highlights that nurses' distress can be an indication of nurses' conscientious moral engagement with their professional practice that has confronted practices or an environment that impedes them from acting according to their own ethical standards. Moral distress can be an indicator of problems in nurses' practice environments. This concept is described and related to moral agency in nursing practice. Selected research on moral distress is reviewed, followed by a discussion of recommendations for addressing this problem.
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title Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
spellingShingle Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
Carnevale,Franco A.
Ethics
Moral Agency
Moral Distress
Nursing
Voice
title_short Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
title_full Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
title_fullStr Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
title_full_unstemmed Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
title_sort Confronting moral distress in Nursing: recognizing nurses as moral agents
author Carnevale,Franco A.
author_facet Carnevale,Franco A.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carnevale,Franco A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Ethics
Moral Agency
Moral Distress
Nursing
Voice
topic Ethics
Moral Agency
Moral Distress
Nursing
Voice
description The concept of moral distress has brought forth a substantively different way of understanding some of the difficulties confronted by nurses in their practice. This concept highlights that nurses' distress can be an indication of nurses' conscientious moral engagement with their professional practice that has confronted practices or an environment that impedes them from acting according to their own ethical standards. Moral distress can be an indicator of problems in nurses' practice environments. This concept is described and related to moral agency in nursing practice. Selected research on moral distress is reviewed, followed by a discussion of recommendations for addressing this problem.
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