| Abstrakt: |
BACKGROUND: Most of the clinical situations that health professionals called to manage require moral judgments. The nurses, as they have more contact with patients and their family than the other health professionals, often find themselves in front of moral and vague challenges, which could lead them to moral distress. OBJECTIVES: Aim of the present study is the investigation of the levels of moral distress and its relation to job satisfaction in nurses of a general hospital. METHODS: Using survey methods approach, it was asked throughout nursing hospital staff completing questionnaires about demographic factors, moral distress and job satisfaction Advanced statistical analysis was completed to look at relationships between the variables. RESULTS: In the study were participated 268 of nurses, midwives and assistant's nurses. Data analysis did show low levels of moral distress (M=61.3, SD= 37.4). There was no significant correlation between moral distress, job satisfaction, and demographic characteristics. CONCLUSION: Although this survey reported low levels of moral distress and no correlation with job satisfaction, further investigation is needed in the future about nurses' moral distress in hospitals and institutions cross country, as the present study was the first that was attempting in Greek nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
