TY - JOUR
T1 - Moral distress in nurses
T2 - a description of the risks for professionals
AU - Schaefer, Rafaela
AU - Zoboli, Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone
AU - Vieira, Margarida
N1 - Funding Information:
1 Study financed by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Capes, Full Doctoral Scholarship Abroad. Process BEX 1050/13-3. 2 Ph.D. in Nursing. Professor, Post-Graduate Program in Public Health, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Ph.D. in Public Health. Professor, Scool of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: zoboli@usp. br 4 Ph.D. in Philosophy. Professor, Institute of Health Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Porto, Portugal. E-mail: mmvieira@ porto.ucp.pt ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the profile of nurses and the occurrence and frequency of risk factors regarding moral distress. Method: a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with 268 nurses working in hospitals and primary health care units in the Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), between the months of March and July, 2016. Data collection was performed using the online Google Docs tool. A moral distress risk scale and a set of variables were used to characterize the participants and their context. Results: the sample mainly consisted of young women who worked between 36 and 40 hours a week, with an average monthly income between five and sevem wages and about 10 years of nursing experience. The risk of moral distress was considered moderate, with a considerable percentage of professionals showing an intention to abandon their current job.
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Objective: to describe the profile of nurses and the occurrence and frequency of risk factors regarding moral distress. Method: a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with 268 nurses working in hospitals and primary health care units in the Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), between the months of March and July, 2016. Data collection was performed using the online Google Docs tool. A moral distress risk scale and a set of variables were used to characterize the participants and their context. Results: the sample mainly consisted of young women who worked between 36 and 40 hours a week, with an average monthly income between five and sevem wages and about 10 years of nursing experience. The risk of moral distress was considered moderate, with a considerable percentage of professionals showing an intention to abandon their current job. Conclusion: moral distress is a reality experienced by the nurses under study, and the identification of risk factors is one of the tools used to create coping strategies.
AB - Objective: to describe the profile of nurses and the occurrence and frequency of risk factors regarding moral distress. Method: a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with 268 nurses working in hospitals and primary health care units in the Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), between the months of March and July, 2016. Data collection was performed using the online Google Docs tool. A moral distress risk scale and a set of variables were used to characterize the participants and their context. Results: the sample mainly consisted of young women who worked between 36 and 40 hours a week, with an average monthly income between five and sevem wages and about 10 years of nursing experience. The risk of moral distress was considered moderate, with a considerable percentage of professionals showing an intention to abandon their current job. Conclusion: moral distress is a reality experienced by the nurses under study, and the identification of risk factors is one of the tools used to create coping strategies.
KW - Ethics
KW - Moral damage
KW - Nursing
KW - Professional practice
KW - Worker’s health
KW - Enfermagem
KW - Ética em enfermagem
KW - Prática profissional
KW - Saúde do trabalhador
KW - Dano moral
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063533868&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/0104-07072018004020017
DO - 10.1590/0104-07072018004020017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063533868
SN - 0104-0707
VL - 27
JO - Texto e Contexto Enfermagem
JF - Texto e Contexto Enfermagem
IS - 4
M1 - e4020017
ER -