PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY, COLLABORATION WITH PHYSICIANS, AND MORAL DISTRESS AMONG EUROPEAN INTENSIVE CARE NURSES
PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY, COLLABORATION WITH PHYSICIANS, AND MORAL DISTRESS AMONG EUROPEAN INTENSIVE CARE NURSES
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DOI:
10.4037/ajcc2012205
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发表时间:
2012-03-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Albarran, John W.
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作者:
Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D. E.;Karanikola, Maria N. K.;Albarran, John W.
Background Discretionary autonomy is a key factor in enhanced patient outcomes and nurses' work satisfaction. Among nurses, insufficient autonomy can result in moral distress.Objectives To explore levels of autonomy among European critical care nurses and potential associations of autonomy with nurse-physician collaboration, moral distress, and nurses' characteristics.Methods Descriptive correlational study of a convenience sample of 255 delegates attending a major European critical care conference in 2009. Respondents completed a self-administered questionnaire with validated scales for nurses' autonomy, nurse-physician collaboration, and moral distress.Results The mean autonomy score (84.26; SD, 11.7; range, 18-108) and the mean composite (frequency and intensity) moral distress score (73.67; SD, 39.19; range, 0-336) were both moderate. The mean collaboration score was 47.85 (SD, 11.63; range, 7-70). Italian and Greek nurses reported significantly lower nurse-physician collaboration than did other nurses (P