Background and Purpose: Ethics is an integral part of medical and nursing professions, and care in pediatric ward is different from other wards due to patients’ age and sensitivity of their medical conditions. Therefore, we aimed to compare the severity of moral distress among nurses working in pediatric wards and pediatric intensive care units. Materials and Methods: This descriptive co...

Introduction: Infants with life-threatening conditions need to receive palliative care. Nurses should have appropriate attitudes due to their key role in end-of-life care to the patient.Therefore, this study is conducted with the aim of "determining attitude of nurses towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) ". Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 214 nurs...

Introduction: Moral distress is a serious problem for health care professionals all over the world; it has detrimental effects for patients, nurses and organizations. Nurses in ICUs experience more moral distress due to their daily dealing with ethical problems and the stressful atmosphere. The purpose of this study was to conduct an integrated review and a combination of existing studies o...

Introduction: Performing continuous and clinical monitoring of patients with emphasis on proper and adequate facilities and equipments is the basis of the work of professional nurses as care providers in intensive care units. This requires attention and understanding the issues related to needed equipment and facilities in intensive care. Objective: This study evaluates the performance obstacle...

One of the most common ethical issues in nursing profession is moral distress which causes discomfort and impedes nurses proper moral performance, despite having sufficient knowledge. Moral distress disturbs the relationship between nurse and patient which leads to the decreased quality of care. Caring behaviors greatly contribute to improving the quality of care and patient safety. The present...

Introduction: Patient hospitalization in the intensive care unit puts families in a whirlpool of emotional stress. Due to the importance of nurses in addressing the needs and worries of this family, this study investigates the relationship between the family’s perception of the roles of nurses with satisfaction and worries in intensive care units.   Methods: This is a cross-sectional (descript...