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March 18, 2009
Nurses lead ethical study at SCH and abroad
Moral distress when dealing with ethical questions in the workplace can have consequences for both nurses experiencing it and for patients in their care. In February 2009, a team of researchers from Swedish Covenant Hospital, North Park University and Jönköping University in Sweden began collaborate to explore how moral distress and ethical climates affect hospital nurses.
This study will attempt to identify factors that influence moral distress. Denice Tudor, RN, MSN, director of nursing, Trudy DeWaters, PhD, RN, nursing researcher and Dan Dugan, PhD, hospital ethicist, will work with Linda Olson, PhD, RN, dean of the School of Nursing at North Park University, and Marit Silén, RN, a PhD student of nursing at Jönköping University in Sweden, to facilitate data collection and education.
These researchers will collect data by asking nurses from Swedish Covenant Hospital and a hospital in Sweden, in units treating adults, to complete two brief questionnaires.
The researchers will then compare the results from unit to unit, and between hospitals. Participation is completely voluntary and responses are confidential. Results are expected within six months.
