Ethical issues experienced by healthcare workers in nursing homes: Literature review

Background:Ethical issues are increasingly being reported by care-providers; however, little is known about the nature of these issues within the nursing home. Ethical issues are unavoidable in healthcare and can result in opportunities for improving work and care conditions; however, they are also...

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Authors: Preshaw, Deborah HL (Author) ; Brazil, Kevin (Author) ; McLaughlin, Dorry (Author) ; Frolic, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2016
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 5, Pages: 490-506
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Nursing Homes
B Literature Review
B Nurses
B ethical issues
B nursing assistants
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Summary:Background:Ethical issues are increasingly being reported by care-providers; however, little is known about the nature of these issues within the nursing home. Ethical issues are unavoidable in healthcare and can result in opportunities for improving work and care conditions; however, they are also associated with detrimental outcomes including staff burnout and moral distress.Objectives:The purpose of this review was to identify prior research which focuses on ethical issues in the nursing home and to explore staffs’ experiences of ethical issues.Methods:Using a systematic approach based on Aveyard (2014), a literature review was conducted which focused on ethical and moral issues, nurses and nursing assistants, and the nursing home.Findings:The most salient themes identified in the review included clashing ethical principles, issues related to communication, lack of resources and quality of care provision. The review also identified solutions for overcoming the ethical issues that were identified and revealed the definitional challenges that permeate this area of work.Conclusions:The review highlighted a need for improved ethics education for care-providers.
ISSN:1477-0989
Contains:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0969733015576357