Nurses' workload during the COVID-19 pandemic: potential for experiences of moral distress.

Autor:	Santos TCC; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Soares GDC; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Lima KCO; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Souza BBC; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Velloso ISC; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Caram CDS; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2024 Mar 18; Vol. 77Suppl 4 (Suppl 4), pp. e20230200. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 18 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0200
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to understand nurses' experiences of moral distress related to work overload during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Methods: qualitative research, whose data collection occurred through individual interviews with 19 nurses who worked on the front line of COVID-19 in health services in southeastern Brazil. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: work overload proved to be a powerful source of experiences of moral distress due to excessive working hours during vaccination, double working hours, a troubled relationship due to pressure from managers and the population and physical and mental exhaustion, which prevented nurses from act according to their judgment. Final Considerations: nurses' work overload reflects on quality patient care and prevents nurses from acting in accordance with their moral principles, generating moral distress in nurses.
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