Is moral distress a significant problem for the health care professional?
Moral stress can be a significant problem for health care professional, patients and the work environment. Moral distress arises when a nurse knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action (Fernandez-Parsons, Rodriguez, & Goyal, 2013).
There are many different things that can cause moral stress some of the reasons are as follows:
• Health professionals trying to provide the best care for their patients but having to decrease costs, this affects how their decisions are being made which can cause moral stress.
• Working with nurses who short cut their patient care and not doing what should be done.
• Health professional …show more content…
Think about potential pitfalls and strategies to get around these pitfalls.
Moral distress will never be eliminated from health care but it can be mitigated (Fernandez-Parsons, Rodriguez, & Goyal, 2013).
References
Epstein, E.G., & Delgado, S. (2010). "Understanding and Addressing Moral Distress" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 15, No. 3, Manuscript 1. DOI:10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No03Man01
Fernandez-Parsons, R., Rodriquez, L. & Goyal, D. (2013). Moral distress in emergency nurses. Journal of Emergency Nursing 39(6), 547-552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2012.12.009
Ulrich, M. H. (2010). Moral distress: A growing problem in the health professions. Retrieved from Project Muse: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/370357/pdf
Hi Tonya, I know that as nurses that we are supposed to try and not be judgmental. When I am asked if I am judgmental my response is I try not to be judgmental. I think that at some point every nurse has been a little judgmental. When dealing with the sobering cell have you ever been judgmental? I ask that because it is hard not to be a little judgmental when you are dealing with the same frequent flyers in the sobering
Moral stress can be a significant problem for health care professional, patients and the work environment. Moral distress arises when a nurse knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action (Fernandez-Parsons, Rodriguez, & Goyal, 2013).
There are many different things that can cause moral stress some of the reasons are as follows:
• Health professionals trying to provide the best care for their patients but having to decrease costs, this affects how their decisions are being made which can cause moral stress.
• Working with nurses who short cut their patient care and not doing what should be done.
• Health professional …show more content…
Think about potential pitfalls and strategies to get around these pitfalls.
Moral distress will never be eliminated from health care but it can be mitigated (Fernandez-Parsons, Rodriguez, & Goyal, 2013).
References
Epstein, E.G., & Delgado, S. (2010). "Understanding and Addressing Moral Distress" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 15, No. 3, Manuscript 1. DOI:10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No03Man01
Fernandez-Parsons, R., Rodriquez, L. & Goyal, D. (2013). Moral distress in emergency nurses. Journal of Emergency Nursing 39(6), 547-552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2012.12.009
Ulrich, M. H. (2010). Moral distress: A growing problem in the health professions. Retrieved from Project Muse: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/370357/pdf
Hi Tonya, I know that as nurses that we are supposed to try and not be judgmental. When I am asked if I am judgmental my response is I try not to be judgmental. I think that at some point every nurse has been a little judgmental. When dealing with the sobering cell have you ever been judgmental? I ask that because it is hard not to be a little judgmental when you are dealing with the same frequent flyers in the sobering