Moral distress, autonomy and nurse-physician collaboration among intensive care unit nurses in Italy

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 472-484

  Karanikola, Maria N K ^a   Albarran, John W ^b   Drigo, Elio ^c   Giannakopoulou, Margarita ^d   Kalafati, Maria ^d   Mpouzika, Meropi ^e   Tsiaousis, George Z ^f   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth De ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Aniarti National Association of Critical Care Area Nurses   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^f Private Practice   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Resign; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ETHICS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MORALS; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899938659     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12046     Document Type: Article

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