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Moral Distress In Critical Care And Emergency Department Nurses, Morgan Timberlake, Nicole Phillips
Moral Distress In Critical Care And Emergency Department Nurses, Morgan Timberlake, Nicole Phillips
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Moral distress is a phenomenon that occurs when a person is unable to carry out what they believe is the ethically appropriate action due to various external constraints. This literature review seeks to explore the interventions that are most effective in reducing moral distress in critical care and emergency department nurses who have experienced moral distress in practice.
Adolescent Grief: The Nurse's Role In Promoting Healthy Coping Mechanisms And Preventing Future Hospitalizations, Erica C. Reighard
Adolescent Grief: The Nurse's Role In Promoting Healthy Coping Mechanisms And Preventing Future Hospitalizations, Erica C. Reighard
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Age and developmental stage directly influence the grieving individual's ability to understand and process death. Adolescents are especially vulnerable to developing negative coping skills such as substance abuse, self-destructive behaviors, and eating disorders. After a loss occurs, nurses can use their role as a caregiver who is neither a parent nor a peer to provide adolescents with an opportunity to express their grief. Nurses can educate grieving adolescents on the differences between positive and negative coping skills and can therefore reduce the number of future hospitalizations related to ineffective coping mechanisms.