COVID-19 and Moral Distress: A Pediatric Critical Care Survey
| Autor: | Shelley Kumar, Tessy A Thomas, F Daniel Davis, Satid Thammasitboon, Cynda Hylton Rushton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Critical Care
media_common.quotation_subject education Psychological safety Burnout Lung injury Morals Critical Care Nursing Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Medicine Child Moral injury Burnout Professional Pandemics health care economics and organizations media_common SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 General Medicine humanities Psychological resilience Thematic analysis business Social responsibility Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Critical Care. 30:e80-e98 |
| ISSN: | 1937-710X 1062-3264 |
| DOI: | 10.4037/ajcc2021999 |
| Popis: | BackgroundMoral distress adversely affects the delivery of high-quality patient care and places health care professionals at risk for burnout, moral injury, and the loss of professional integrity.ObjectivesTo investigate whether pediatric critical care professionals are experiencing moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and, if so, for what reasons.MethodsAn exploratory survey of pediatric critical care professionals was conducted via the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network from April to May 2020. The survey was derived from a framework integrating contemporary literature on moral distress, moral resilience, and expert consensus. Integration of descriptive statistics for quantitative data and thematic analysis for qualitative data yielded mixed insights.ResultsOverall, 85.8% of survey respondents reported moral distress. Nurses reported higher degrees of moral distress than other professional groups. Inducers of moral distress were related to challenges to professional integrity and lack of organizational support. Five themes were identified: (1) psychological safety, (2) expectations of leadership, (3) connectedness through a moral community, (4) professional identity challenges, and (5) professional versus social responsibility. Most respondents were confident in their ability to reason through ethical dilemmas (76.0%) and think clearly when confronting an ethical challenge even when pressured (78.9%).ConclusionsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatric critical care professionals are experiencing moral distress due to various factors that challenge their professional integrity. Despite these challenges, they also exhibit attributes of moral resilience. Organizations have opportunities to cultivate a psychologically safe and healthy work environment to mitigate anticipatory, present, and lingering moral distress. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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