A pilot study examining moral distress in nurses working in one united states burn center

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-528

  Leggett, Jeanie M ^a   Wasson, Katherine ^a   Sinacore, James M ^b   Gamelli, Richard L ^a,c  

^a Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics   (United States)

^b University Medical Center   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURN; CHARGE NURSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORAL DISTRESS; MORAL DISTRESS SCALE REVISED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSE; NURSE MANAGER; PILOT STUDY; SELF EFFICACY SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAFF NURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURN UNITS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885307701     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31828c7397     Document Type: Article

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