Open Access<p>Moral Distress and Its Associated Factors Among Nurses in Northwest Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Alemshet Yirga Berhie,
Zewdu Baye Tezera,
Abere Woretaw Azagew
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s234446
Subject(s) - referral , odds ratio , medicine , cognitive dissonance , distress , family medicine , demography , cross sectional study , logistic regression , nursing , psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , pathology , sociology
Moral distress is the cognitive-emotional dissonance that arises when one feels compelled to act against one's moral requirements. The study aimed to assess the proportion of moral distress and associated factors among nurses working in Northwest Amhara Regional State referral hospitals in 2018.