Moral distress during psychiatric clinical placements : perspectives of nursing students and their instructors

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dc.contributor.authorWojtowicz, Bernadine
dc.contributor.supervisorHagen, Brad F.
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-01T04:46:48Z
dc.date.available2013-02-01T04:46:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvii, 139 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to gain a richer understanding of the experiences of moral distress for nursing students within the context of psychiatric-mental health clinical placements, examine strategies students use to effectively manage distress, and explore student and instructor roles as agents of change to reduce the negative impact of moral distress. Nursing students and instructors engaged in semi-structured interviews and focus groups, respectively, to examine the complexities of this phenomenon. This study utilized second-person action research based on Jürgen Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action. Findings indicated that nursing students experience moral distress when they are powerless and lack role models to follow in taking action to address situations that are “not right”. Nursing instructors acknowledge their responsibility to prepare students for practice, but are also powerless as “guests” within the practice setting and are powerless to effect change on a hierarchical medical system. Findings indicate that both nursing education and health care institutions must make changes in their approaches to practice if they wish to empower nursing professionals to provide safe, competent, and ethical care to patients.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3240
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health Sciences, c2012en_US
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences)en_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric nursing -- Moral and ethical aspectsen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric nursing -- Study and teachingen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric nurses -- Job stressen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric nurses -- Training ofen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleMoral distress during psychiatric clinical placements : perspectives of nursing students and their instructorsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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