Moral Distress, Compassion Fatigue, and Perceptions About Medication Errors in Certified Critical Care Nurses
- 1 November 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
- Vol. 30 (6), 339-345
- https://doi.org/10.1097/dcc.0b013e31822fab2a
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the previously untested relationships between moral distress, compassion fatigue, perceptions about medication errors, and nurse characteristics in a national sample of 205 certified critical care nurses. In addition, this study included a qualitative exploration of the phenomenon of medication errors in a smaller subset of certified critical care nurses. Results revealed statistically significant correlations between moral distress, compassion fatigue, and perceptions about medication errors in this group. Implications for critical care nurses seeking to create work environments conducive to the reduction of medication errors are explored.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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