Ethical Issues for Neonatal Nurses
This article examines the involvement of neonatal nurses in ethical issues, achieved through a survey of Australian neonatal nurses. The aim was to discover if nurses were involved in ethical decisions, to examine various categories of neonates and the concerns that nurses felt about them, and to de...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Sage
1998
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Nursing ethics
Ano: 1998, Volume: 5, Número: 3, Páginas: 206-217 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Decision Making
B neonatal nursing B Advocacy |
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| Resumo: | This article examines the involvement of neonatal nurses in ethical issues, achieved through a survey of Australian neonatal nurses. The aim was to discover if nurses were involved in ethical decisions, to examine various categories of neonates and the concerns that nurses felt about them, and to determine the extent to which nurses saw themselves as advocates. A response rate of 65% was achieved from nurses in two states who worked in intensive care and special care nurseries. The findings show that nurses were more likely to be involved in clinical decision making than in ethical decision making, showed the greatest concern for infants who had an uncertain prognosis, and saw themselves as advocates for their patients. The issues surrounding these findings are examined. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0989 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/096973309800500304 |