RT Article
T1 Ethical Challenges in Pain Management Post-Surgery
JF Nursing ethics
VO 16
IS 2
SP 161
OP 172
A1 Rejeh, Nahid
A1 Ahmadi, Fazlollah
A1 Mohamadi, Eesa
A1 Anoosheh, Moniereh
A1 Kazemnejad, Anooshirvan
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2009
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/177944690X
AB This qualitative study describes ethical challenges faced by Iranian nurses in the process of pain management in surgical units. To address this issue, semistructured interviews were conducted with 26 nurses working in surgery units in three large university hospitals in Tehran. An analysis of the transcripts revealed three main categories: institutional limitations; nurses' proximity to and involvement with pain and suffering; and nurses' fallibility. Specific themes identified within the categories were: insufficient resources, medical hierarchy; difficulties with believing patients' complaints regarding pain and suffering; and experiencing the consequences of poor judgments. Our findings lead us to conclude that, as nurses are much closer to patients' pain and suffering than other health professionals, being aware of their ethical problems, and being able to reflect on them and discuss and learn from them, will reduce the burden of the ethical challenges faced. The findings will help nurses in other countries to devise suitable ways to reduce the ethical burdens they bear in their daily practice.
K1 Qualitative Study
K1 pain after surgery
K1 Nursing
K1 Iran
K1 ethical challenges
DO 10.1177/0969733008100077