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Ethical issues experienced by healthcare workers in nursing homes.
- Source :
- Nursing Ethics; Aug2016, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p490-506, 17p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background: Ethical issues are increasingly being reported by care-providers; however, little is known about the nature of these issues within the nursing home. Ethical issues are unavoidable in healthcare and can result in opportunities for improving work and care conditions; however, they are also associated with detrimental outcomes including staff burnout and moral distress. Objectives: The purpose of this review was to identify prior research which focuses on ethical issues in the nursing home and to explore staffs’ experiences of ethical issues. Methods: Using a systematic approach based on Aveyard (2014), a literature review was conducted which focused on ethical and moral issues, nurses and nursing assistants, and the nursing home. Findings: The most salient themes identified in the review included clashing ethical principles, issues related to communication, lack of resources and quality of care provision. The review also identified solutions for overcoming the ethical issues that were identified and revealed the definitional challenges that permeate this area of work. Conclusions: The review highlighted a need for improved ethics education for care-providers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NURSING ethics
NURSING care facilities
CINAHL database
COMMUNICATION
DIGNITY
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL quality control
MEDICAL personnel
MEDLINE
RESEARCH funding
RESTRAINT of patients
NURSING home employees
PEER relations
THEMATIC analysis
PATIENT-centered care
PATIENTS' families
PATIENT autonomy
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09697330
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117638102
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733015576357