Relationship between ICU nurses’ moral distress with burnout and anticipated turnover

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-76

  Shoorideh, Foroozan Atashzadeh ^a   Ashktorab, Tahereh ^a   Yaghmaei, Farideh ^a   Alavi Majd, Hamid ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burnout; intensive care unit; moral distress; nurse; turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; COMPLICATION; CONFLICT; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRAN; MALE; MORALS; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922621154     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014534874     Document Type: Article

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