The experience of moral distress in nursing: The nurses' perception

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 678-685

  Barlem, Edison Luiz Devos ^a   Lunardi, Valéria Lerch ^a,b   Lunardi, Guilherme Lerch ^a   Dalmolin, Graziele de Lima ^a   Tomaschewski, Jamila Geri ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Moral Distress Moral Problems and Dilemmas in Nursing Practice   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nursing Ethics, Nursing Professional competence Professional burnout Stress psychological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867387154     PISSN: 00806234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0080-62342012000300021     Document Type: Article

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