Nursing staff are constantly trying to strike a balance between self-protection and concern for others. We place huge emphasis on doing our job well and doing the right thing. But with staff working in increasingly pressurised conditions, these apparently simple aims can sometimes be impossible to attain.
How you respond to this depends on you as an individual, but unsurprisingly many nursing staff have reported feeling stressed, unappreciated, frustrated, angry, scared or anxious.
This isn鈥檛 about a lack of resilience. It鈥檚 not even about you. This is about the situation you find yourself working in.
What is moral distress?
Moral distress occurs when you know the ethically correct action to take but you are constrained from taking it. During a crisis or disaster, the frequency and severity of m