title: Ethical problems experienced by psychiatric nurses in Korea.
abstract: This study aimed to explore the ethical problems experienced by psychiatric nurses in a clinical setting. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of 12 female psychiatric nurses from 3 psychiatric facilities in Korea. A thematic content analysis was used to identify ethical problems. The study illustrated 5 categories of ethical problems: moral unpreparedness and blindness, moral numbness, moral complacency, moral conflict, and moral stress. This study provides a theoretical basis of psychiatric ethical problems for developing ethical guidelines that will enable psychiatric nurses to make decisions reasonably and behave ethically in their workplace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Kunsan National University, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea. choe1201@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Kwisoon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Eun-Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Chun-Hwa
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000941:ethics*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013315:Stress, Psychological