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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Ethics
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Qualitative Research

Background:

  • Limited research exists on ethical conflicts faced by community-based healthcare professionals in Canada.
  • News reports highlight morally distressing situations in community care delivery.
  • Ethical challenges are increasing as healthcare services transition from institutions to community settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and categorize ethical conflicts experienced by community nurses.
  • To provide insights into the ethical dilemmas inherent in community-based nursing practice.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews with community nurses.
  • Grounded theory approach used within a larger research project.
  • Interviews conducted with 13 public health nurses and 11 home care nurses across two Canadian provinces.

Main Results:

  • Seven distinct ethical conflicts were identified and grouped into two categories: challenges with obligations/risks and challenges with process/risks/consequences.
  • Key conflicts include screening for developmental issues with inadequate services, navigating healthcare inequities, and feeling powerless to advocate for clients.
  • Other conflicts involve balancing therapeutic relationships with reporting child welfare concerns, managing confidentiality with community clients, and supporting autonomy amidst uncertain outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Continued research is vital to raise awareness and develop ethics support for community healthcare.
  • Community nurses globally will increasingly face complex ethical situations due to healthcare shifts and global challenges like climate change impacting communicable diseases.
  • Addressing these ethical conflicts requires competence and compassion from community nurses.