Using the AACN framework to alleviate moral distress

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  McCue, Carole ^a,b  

^a Cochran School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b University in Pleasantville   (United States)

Author keywords

American association of critical care nurses' 4 A's to rise above moral distress; Caring; Chemically impaired nurse; Moral distress; Moral values; Nurse executive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; MORALITY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CODES OF ETHICS; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 78650083233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol16No01PPT02     Document Type: Article

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