Ethical decision-making climate, moral distress, and intention to leave among ICU professionals in a tertiary academic hospital center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Commentators believe that the ethical decision-making climate is instrumental in enhancing interprofessional collaboration in intensive care units (ICUs). Our aim was twofold: (1) to determine the perception of the ethical climate, levels of moral distress, and intention to leave one's job among nurses and physicians, and between the different ICU types and (2) determine the association between the ethical climate, moral distress, and intention to leave.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional questionnaire study between May 2021 and August 2021 involving 206 nurses and physicians in a large urban academic hospital. We used the validated Ethical Decision-Making Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ) and the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP) too

SUBMITTER: Silverman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9017406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature