What does this study tell us about moral distress in caring for geriatric end-of-life patients?
Answer the following question at the end of the Research Highlight in 250 words or more supporting your answer using at least two nursing peer reviewed journal articles no older than 5 years. Using the Moral Distress Scale, a team of researchers assessed hundreds of nurses and their feelings of conflict in situations where they understood an ethical action they should take, but were inhibited from following through with that action. Sign into your database of nursing literature (CINAHL or PubMed, for example) and use the citation listed below to perform a web search for this article. What does this study tell us about moral distress in caring for geriatric end-of-life patients? Piers, R. D., Van den Eynde, M., Steeman, E., Vlerisck, P., Benoit, D. D., & Van Den Noortgate, N. J. (2012). End-of-Life care of the geriatric patient and nurses’ moral distress. American Medical Directors Association, 13, 80e7-80e13.
