Moral distress: Recognizing it to retain nurses

Nursing Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-221

  Pendry, Patricia S ^a  

^a LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548240535     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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