Moral distress during COVID-19: The importance of perceived organizational support for hospital nurses.

ABSTRACT: Moral distress, or the inability to act congruent with moral beliefs, has been of concern for healthcare professionals especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital nurses are particularly affected in their roles with mounting administrative pressures and demands. We examined whether general and COVID-specific support in employing healthcare organizations predicted moral distress in a sample of inpatient hospital nurses. A total of 248 nurses completed the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals, Survey of Perceived Organizational Support, COVID Organizational Support survey, and the Hospital Ethical Climate Scale. We found that general and COVID-related organizational support were predictors of moral distress after controlling for age, gender, working in an intensive car

SUBMITTER: Latimer AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008819 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature