Incorporating moral resilience into an undergraduate nursing program

The concept of the idea of moral resilience training began as a method to assist those persons experiencing moral distress in a variety of areas. The concept of moral distress has been conceptualized for many years, and the effects of distress on nurses has been identified as far back as the 1970s with the relationship of moral distress to nursing burnout (Benner, 1984; Freudenberger, 1974; Humphrey, 1988; Jameton, 1984; Maslach& Jackson, 1981). Jameton (1984) noted that “one knows the right thing to do but is unable to perform the action because of constraints.” Moral distress has been defined as a situation in which the ethically appropriate course of action can't be taken (Corley, 1995).
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research