Ethics Between the Lines’ – Nurses’ Experiences of Ethical Challenges in Long-Term Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15736796 |
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| Authors | Hilde Munkeby (0000-0003-1509-6458, Nord University, corresponding author), Aud Moe (0000-0003-1824-6300, Nord University), Grete H Bratberg (0000-0002-1671-7773, Nord University), Grete Bratberg (Nord University), Siri Andreassen Devik (0000-0001-5890-203X, Nord University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pages | 23333936211060036-23333936211060036 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23333936211060036 |
| PMID | 35005098 |
| OpenAlex | W4205204993 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 44 |
In long-term care, ethical challenges are becoming increasingly apparent as the number of older patients with complex care needs increases, in parallel with growing demands for more cost-efficient care. Scarce resources, cross-pressure and value conflicts are associated with missed care, moral stress and nurses wanting to leave the profession. Through five focus group interviews, this study aimed to explore how nurses working in nursing homes and homecare services perceive, experience and manage ethical challenges in everyday work. Content analysis revealed three main themes: striving to do good; failing and being let down and getting rid of frustrations and learning from experiences. The nurses' morality was mainly expressed through emotions that arose in specific situations. Dedicated spaces for ethical reflection and leaders who recognize that organizational conditions affect the individual nurse-patient relationship are required. Facilitating ethical reflection is an important leadership responsibility, which may also require leaders to actually participate
Affect (linguistics · Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Ethical Leadership · Focus group · Morality · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Methodological challenges in qualitative content analysis
Qualitative content analysis in nursing research
Saturation controversy in qualitative research
Individual interviews and focus groups in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
When healthcare professionals cannot do the right thing
Using and analysing focus groups
Conducting in-depth interviews with and without voice recorders
The methodology of Focus Groups
| Highly cited | No |
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