Ageism and moral distress in nurses caring for older patients

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-05-16 DOI:10.1080/10508422.2022.2072845

Mihaela-Alexandra Gherman, L. Arhiri, A. Holman

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study explored the influence of healthcare ageism on nurses’ moral distress. Episodic interviews were conducted on 25 Romanian nurses in 2020. Thematic analysis revealed that all moral distress sources reported reflected macro-, meso- and micro-level ageism, benevolent and hostile, self- or other-directed, including stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination of older patients. The COVID-19 pandemic-related ageist measures increased healthcare ageism and transformed nurses’ representations of older patients accordingly. Nurses felt moral conflict both when passively witnessing ageist acts and when perpetrating them to adhere to group norms, highlighting the need to combat ageism for both patients’ and nurses’ well-being.

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老年护士的年龄歧视与道德困境

摘要本研究探讨医疗保健年龄歧视对护士道德困扰的影响。2020年对25名罗马尼亚护士进行了情景访谈。专题分析显示，报告的所有道德困扰来源都反映了宏观、中观和微观层面的年龄歧视、善意和敌意、自我或他人导向，包括对老年患者的刻板印象、偏见和歧视。COVID-19大流行相关的年龄歧视措施增加了医疗保健年龄歧视，并相应地改变了护士对老年患者的代表。护士在被动地目睹年龄歧视行为和为了遵守群体规范而实施这些行为时都会感到道德冲突，这突显了为了患者和护士的福祉而打击年龄歧视的必要性。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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