Moral disengagement in critical care nurses: a conventional content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the high-stakes environment of intensive care units, understanding how nurses navigate moral challenges and engage in ethical decision-making is critical for maintaining patient safety and care quality. One important process in this field is moral disengagement, which is growing in the nursing literature. However, there is a lack of foundational and qualitative studies addressing this issue. This study presents a qualitative content analysis aimed at exploring moral disengagement among nurses working in intensive care units.

Method

This qualitative study employed conventional content analysis from June to December 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants. Data were collected using in-depth, unstructured interviews at the begi

SUBMITTER: Khanipour-Kencha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505859 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature