title: Facilitated ethics conversations: a novel program for managing moral distress in bedside nursing staff.
abstract: Moral distress is a prominent problem for bedside nurses, and workable solutions for managing the toll it takes are needed. We created a unit-based ethics conversations program in response to nurses' need to find ways to deal with their moral distress. We review our initial experiences in conducting more than 100 such facilitated conversations in a large hospital system.
authors.affiliation: Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for MedicalEthics, Methodist Hospital, Room E120, Marguerite Lilly Noyes Pavilion, 1800 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. phelft@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Helft
authors.forename: Patricia D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bledsoe
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: Lucia D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wocial
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000941:ethics*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology*; D016730:Program Development; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*