Moral distress in emergency nurses

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 547-552

  Fernandez Parsons, Robin ^a   Rodriguez, Lori ^b   Goyal, Deepika ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Emergency nurses; Ethical dilemmas; Moral distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSES; EMERGENCY NURSING; ETHICAL DILEMMAS; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL DISTRESS; MORALITY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

BURNOUT; EMERGENCY NURSES; ETHICAL DILEMMAS; MORAL DISTRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84887206135     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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