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Exploring The Relationship Between Moral Distress And Coping In Emergency Nursing, Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky
Exploring The Relationship Between Moral Distress And Coping In Emergency Nursing, Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Background: Emergency Department (ED) nurses practice in environments that are highly charged and unpredictable in nature and can precipitate conflict between the necessary prescribed actions and the individual’s sense of what is morally the right thing to do. As a consequence of multiple moral dilemmas ED staff nurses are at risk for experiencing distress and how they cope with these challenges may impact their practice.
Objectives: Is to examine moral distress in ED nurses and its relationship to coping in that specialty group.
Methods: Using survey methods approach. One hundred ninety eight ED nurses completed a moral distress, …