Identification of risk factors for moral distress in nurses: basis for the development of a new assessment tool

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 346-357

  Schaefer, Rafaela ^a   Zoboli, Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone ^b   Vieira, Margarida ^a  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ethics; instrument development; moral distress; nursing practice; risk factor; scoping review

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84995699926     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12156     Document Type: Review

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