How professional nurses working in hospital environments experience moral distress: A systematic review

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-100

  Huffman, Dolores M ^a   Rittenmeyer, Leslie ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical distress; Hospital environments; Moral distress; Moral stress

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; EMOTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MORALITY; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HUMANS; MORALS; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857943722     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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