No place to turn: Nursing students' experiences of moral distress in mental health settings

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Wojtowicz, Bernadine ^a   Hagen, Brad ^a   Van Daalen Smith, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Mental health; Moral distress; Nursing; Student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORALS; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898406934     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12043     Document Type: Article

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