title: Moral distress in nursing personnel.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the frequency and intensity of moral distress experienced by nursing personnel in southern Brazil, covering elements of their professional practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  a survey was undertaken in two hospitals in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with 247 nurses. Data was collected by means of the adapted Moral Distress Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the perception of situations that lead to moral distress is enhanced in nurses and in nursing staff working in institutions with greater openness to dialogue, which hold team meetings, with fewer working hours and a greater ratio of professionals to patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  understanding moral distress allows us to go beyond solving the problems of the workers themselves, enabling the development of an ethics of active individuals and wide opportunities, defined mainly by the relationship with oneself.
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brasil. ebarlem@gmail.com
authors: Edison Luiz Devos
authors: EL
authors: Barlem
authors: Valéria Lerch
authors: VL
authors: Lunardi
authors: Guilherme Lerch
authors: GL
authors: Lunardi
authors: Jamila Geri
authors: JG
authors: Tomaschewski-Barlem
authors: Rosemary Silva
authors: RS
authors: da Silveira
authors: Graziele de Lima
authors: Gde L
authors: Dalmolin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires