Assessing and addressing moral distress and ethical climate part II: Neonatal and pediatric perspectives

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-46

  Sauerland, Jeanie ^a   Marotta, Kathleen ^b   Peinemann, Mary Anne ^c   Berndt, Andrea ^d   Robichaux, Catherine ^d,e  

^a Department of Digital and Public History Lake University in San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University Health System (UHS)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care; Ethical climate; Interventions; Moral distress; Neonatal; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84918591203     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000083     Document Type: Article

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