Registered nurses' perceptions of moral distress and ethical climate

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-573

  Pauly, Bernadette ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^b   Storch, Janet ^a   Newton, Lorelei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical climate; Ethical practice; Moral distress; Nursing ethics; Quality work environments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70249103878     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009106649     Document Type: Article

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