New approach to assessing and addressing moral distress in intensive care unit personnel: a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To test a new approach to address moral distress in intensive care unit (ICU) personnel.

Methods

Using principles of participatory action research, we developed an eight-step moral conflict assessment (MCA) that guides participants in describing the behaviour that they have to implement, the effects this has on them, their current coping strategies, their values in conflict, any other concerns related to the situation, what helps and hinders the situation, new coping strategies, and the effect of the preceding steps on participants. This assessment was tested with eight ICU providers in an 11-bed community ICU.

Results

During three one-hour sessions, participants described their moral distress that was caused by the use of ongoing life-support for a patient wh

SUBMITTER: Dodek PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9499887 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature