title: Caring for dying children: nurses' experiences.
abstract: Interviews with 25 nurses in this grounded theory study show that when nurses recognized that a child's death was inevitable, they struggled with both grief distress and moral distress. Their distress occurred within the context of the nurse-patient relationship. Nurses employed a range of strategies to manage their distress. Several conditions facilitated or constrained nurses' strategies, and resulted in far-reaching implications both professionally and personally.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing at University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Connaughty
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Loane
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stutzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D013727:Terminal Care