The relationship between professional autonomy and moral distress among nurses working in children's units and pediatric intensive care wards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses serve as the primary source of care for minor patients in intensive care units. Even though they support both patients and their relatives, these nurses may experience moral distress from their profession. While managing their daily relationships with their patients, nurses must also be able to control their actions to feel that they are from a social unit and feel their competence in association with others.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between professional autonomy and moral distress among nurses working in children's units and pediatric intensive care wards.

Methods

This descriptive/comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 using 120 nurses as subjects. Subjects were selected using the census method. The

SUBMITTER: Sarkoohijabalbarezi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626124 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature