title: An exploration of nursing disillusionment.
abstract: A model of supportive care developed in prior research, combined with ethical theory, is used as a framework for analyzing some of the current problems facing the nursing profession. The authors argue that a central cause of nursing disillusion is dissonance between personal values rooted in an ethic of caring and a health care system that rewards technological competence above human values.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oberle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009013:Morale; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values