A study of the situations, features, and coping mechanisms experienced by Irish psychiatric nurses experiencing moral distress
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2010-04-29
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Deady, Richard
McCarthy, Joan
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was toinvestigate moral distress in Irish psychiatric nurses. Design: A qualitative descriptive methodology was used. Findings: The study confirmed the presence of moral distress and the situations that gave rise to moral distress within psychiatric nurses working in acute care settings. Practice Implications: The findings indicate that while multidisciplinary teams appear to function well on the surface, situations that give rise to moral distress are not always acknowledged or dealt with effectively. Furthermore, unresolved moral conflict impacts upon the quality of clinical decision-making by not allowing open and transparent discussions that allow clinicians the opportunity to address their concerns adequately.
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Clinical decision-making , Moral distress , Psychiatric nursing
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Deady, R. and McCarthy, J. (2010) 'A study of the situations, features, and coping mechanisms experienced by Irish psychiatric nurses experiencing moral distress', Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 46(3), pp. 209–220. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00260.x
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© 2010, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Deady, R. and McCarthy, J. (2010) 'A study of the situations, features, and coping mechanisms experienced by Irish psychiatric nurses experiencing moral distress', Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 46(3), pp. 209–220, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00260.x/epdf. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.