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...

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Main Authors: Edison Luiz Devos Barlem (Author), Valéria Lerch Lunardi (Author), Jamila Geri Tomaschewski (Author), Guilherme Lerch Lunardi (Author), Wilson Danilo Lunardi Filho (Author), Camila Rose Guadalupe Barcelos Schwonke (Author)
Format: Book
Published: SciELO, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:1980-220X
10.1590/S0080-62342013000200033