The experiences of intensive care nurses coping with ethical conflict: a qualitative descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The critical conditions and life risk scenarios make intensive care nurses susceptible to ethical conflict. Negative consequences were recognized at both the individual level and the professional level which highly compromised the patient care and nurses' well-being. Therefore, ethical conflict has become a major concern in nursing practice. However, the experience of coping with ethical conflict among intensive care nurses remains unclear.

Aims

This study aims to explore the experience of intensive care nurses coping with ethical conflict in China.

Methods

From December 2021 to February 2022, in- depth interviews with 15 intensive care nurses from five intensive care units in a tertiary general hospital in China was performed using purposive sampling. An i

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687825 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature