The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity
Objective: to identify the main ethical problems and how these relate to the moral sensitivity of nurses working in a general medicine ward. Method: this qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital located in the south of Brazil. A total of 18 nurses worki...
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| author | Janaina Cassana Mello Yasin Edison Luiz Devos Barlem Jamila Geri Tomaschewski Barlem Rosemary Silva da Silveira Graziele de Lima Dalmolin Gustavo Baade de Andrade |
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| description | Objective: to identify the main ethical problems and how these relate to the moral sensitivity of nurses working in a general medicine ward. Method: this qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital located in the south of Brazil. A total of 18 nurses working in a general medicine ward were interviewed. A semi-structured interview script was used, and data were analyzed using discursive textual analysis. Results: nurses considered the main ethical problems to include conflicts at the institutional level, situations involving conflicts with patients and/or family members, and conflicts within the staff. The perception of nurses and how they deal with these problems relate to moral sensitivity. Two categories emerged: experiencing ethical problems, and relationship with moral sensitivity. Conclusion: because of the multidimensional nature of moral sensitivity, it trains and enables nurses to recognize and deal with ethical problems faced in clinical practice so that nurses become able to make fair and prudent decisions, improving the quality of nursing care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2d20c791af046b6963dcfcaeb61ff312022-12-21T20:10:52ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem1518-83452020-08-012810.1590/1518-8345.4033.3309The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivityJanaina Cassana Mello Yasinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8001-8838Edison Luiz Devos Barlemhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6239-8657Jamila Geri Tomaschewski Barlemhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9125-9103Rosemary Silva da Silveirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-0022Graziele de Lima Dalmolinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-5788Gustavo Baade de Andradehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-3934Objective: to identify the main ethical problems and how these relate to the moral sensitivity of nurses working in a general medicine ward. Method: this qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital located in the south of Brazil. A total of 18 nurses working in a general medicine ward were interviewed. A semi-structured interview script was used, and data were analyzed using discursive textual analysis. Results: nurses considered the main ethical problems to include conflicts at the institutional level, situations involving conflicts with patients and/or family members, and conflicts within the staff. The perception of nurses and how they deal with these problems relate to moral sensitivity. Two categories emerged: experiencing ethical problems, and relationship with moral sensitivity. Conclusion: because of the multidimensional nature of moral sensitivity, it trains and enables nurses to recognize and deal with ethical problems faced in clinical practice so that nurses become able to make fair and prudent decisions, improving the quality of nursing care.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692020000100386&tlng=ptAdult HealthNursing EthicsEthicMoralMoral DevelopmentNursing |
| spellingShingle | Janaina Cassana Mello Yasin Edison Luiz Devos Barlem Jamila Geri Tomaschewski Barlem Rosemary Silva da Silveira Graziele de Lima Dalmolin Gustavo Baade de Andrade The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem Adult Health Nursing Ethics Ethic Moral Moral Development Nursing |
| title | The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity |
| title_full | The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity |
| title_fullStr | The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity |
| title_short | The ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine: relationship with moral sensitivity |
| title_sort | ethical dimension of problems faced in general medicine relationship with moral sensitivity |
| topic | Adult Health Nursing Ethics Ethic Moral Moral Development Nursing |
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