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Moral Distress Experienced by US Nurses on the Frontlines During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Nursing Policy and Practice.
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- Moral Breakdowns and Ethical Dilemmas of Perioperative Nurses during COVID-19: COREQ-Compliant Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- The Long Tail of COVID-19: Implications for the Future of Emergency Nursing.Journal of emergency nursing · 2023Article
- Ethical challenges faced by healthcare workers in pediatric oncology care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2023Article
- Addressing clinician moral distress: Implications from a mixed methods evaluation during Covid-19.PloS one · 2023Article
- Workplace health in anesthesia team: A qualitative study in Iran.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Moral Distress of Intensive Care Nurses: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study Two Years after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Nurses' moral distress and leadership communication in hospitals serving Black patients during COVID-19.Nursing outlookArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic represents the largest contemporary challenge to the nursing workforce in the 21 Methods: One hundred individual interviews were conducted with nurses across the United States from May to September of 2020 asking participants to describe how they felt taking care of COVID-19 patients. All interviews followed a semi-structured interview guide, were audio recorded, transcribed, verified, and coded by the research team. Results: Participants narratives of the emotions they experienced providing patient care during COVID-19 unequivocally described (1) moral distress, and moral distress related (1.1) fear, (1.2) frustration, (1.3) powerlessness, and (1.4) guilt. In sum, the major emotional response of nurses across the US providing patient care during the pandemic was that of moral distress. Conclusion: Investments in healthcare infrastructures that address moral distress in nurses may improve retention and reduce burnout in the US nursing workforce.
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