Moral distress in psychiatric nurses in Covid-19 crisis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has put heavy pressure on nurses. Psychiatric nurses are also exposed to moral distress due to the special conditions of psychiatric patients and patient's lack of cooperation in observing health protocols. This study has been conducted to explore and describe factors that caused moral distress in Iranian psychiatric nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method

This qualitative study with a conventional content analysis approach involved 12 nurses at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran. This study was conducted in the winter of 2021. Data collection was performed by semi-structured interviews, data analysis was performed based on the five steps of Graneheim and Lundman.

Results

By continuous comparison and integration of d

SUBMITTER: Tavakol N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature