Moral distress and structural empowerment among a national sample of Israeli intensive care nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 415-424

  Ganz, Freda Dekeyser ^a   Raanan, Ofra ^b   Khalaila, Rabia ^c   Bennaroch, Kochav ^d   Scherman, Shiri ^e   Bruttin, Madeleine ^f   Sastiel, Ziva ^g   Fink, Naomi Farkash ^h   Benbenishty, Julie ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c The College of Sakhnin for Teacher Education   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^g Hacarmel Medical Center   (Israel)

^h RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Moral distress; Nurses; Nursing; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027955298     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06020.x     Document Type: Article

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