Appropriateness of care and moral distress among neonatal intensive care unit staff: Repeated measurements

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e19-e27

  de Boer, Jacoba Coby ^a   van Rosmalen, Joost ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^c   van Dijk, Monique ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethical climate; Moral distress; Moral stress; Stress of conscience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; ETHICS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIANS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941898391     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12206     Document Type: Article

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