Jessica R Sexton, Amy W Truog, Susan Kelly-Weeder, Collette Loftin
INTRODUCTION: Moral distress is widespread in health care, and nurses working in high-pressure environments, such as emergency departments, experience stress at high rates. Understanding how moral distress affects pediatric emergency nursing care is essential to moderate its negative impacts. Increased resilience has been promoted as a tool to mitigate moral distress. The purpose of this study, conducted prior to the pandemic, was to examine patterns of moral distress and the impact of moral distress on resilience among pediatric emergency nurses...
January 31, 2024: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN: Official Publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association