Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Mar 2020
Moral Distress: Defined and Described by Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Nurses in a Quaternary Care Free-Standing Pediatric Hospital.
Despite a growing population of chronically and acute critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients, there were few published articles related to moral distress as experienced by nurses caring for these patients. ⋯ Understanding how neonatal and pediatric critical care nurses define moral distress and what contributes to its development is foundational to developing targeted strategies for nursing support and education, with the goal of creating a culture of moral resiliency.