Moral distress: challenges for an autonomous nursing professional practice

Constantly experiencing limiting situations that hinder a professional practice coherent with its principles – of autonomy and advocacy of users’ interests –, and often conditioned to experience moral distress, the nursing profession plays a prominent role in the current health model because it has...

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Autores: Barlem, Edison Luiz Devos, Lunardi, Valéria Lerch, Tomaschewski-Barlem, Jamila Geri, Lunardi, Guilherme Lerch, Lunardi Filho, Wilson Danilo, Schwonke, Camila Rose Guadalupe Barcelos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da FURG (RI FURG)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.furg.br:1/5298
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/5298
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nursing
Professional practice
Ethics, nursing
Stress psychological
Health advocacy
Enfermagem
Prática profissional
Ética em enfermagem
Estresse psicológico
Advocacia em saúde
Enfermería
Práctica profesional
Ética en enfermería
Estrés psicológico
Defensa de la salud
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Sumario:Constantly experiencing limiting situations that hinder a professional practice coherent with its principles – of autonomy and advocacy of users’ interests –, and often conditioned to experience moral distress, the nursing profession plays a prominent role in the current health model because it has the characteristic of managing the care rendered to users in a perspective of social inclusion, both in the basic health network and in hospitals. Aiming at carrying out a reflection on the nursing practice and the difficulties present in its work routine, and considering its characteristics as a profession, this article sought to make a reflection between the practice of nursing and the numerous moral challenges imposed by the routine, resulting, in many cases, in a value crisis that can reverberate directly on the quality of the service rendered, and in abandonment of the ideals of advocacy for users