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Suffering and ethical caring: incompatible entities

D Leners1, N Q Beardslee

  • 1College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley 80639, USA.

Nursing Ethics
|December 31, 1997
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Nurses face ethical challenges in healthcare, particularly when technology conflicts with patient values. Their decision-making processes reveal suffering and ethical caring are often incompatible, requiring further study.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Ethics
  • Nursing Practice
  • Bioethics

Background:

  • Healthcare is experiencing increasing ethical problems due to the intersection of technology and values.
  • Nurses frequently encounter complex ethical dilemmas in their clinical practice.
  • Existing ethical theories, such as justice and caring, provide frameworks for analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the types of ethical problems encountered by nurses in clinical settings.
  • To explore the decision-making processes nurses employ when facing ethical challenges.
  • To examine the interplay between suffering and ethical caring in nursing.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative research methodology.
  • Ethnographic analysis of six staff nurses across three clinical areas.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional EthicsEmpirical ApproachProfessional Patient Relationship

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  • Exploration of ethical theories of justice and caring.

    • Main Results:

    • An overarching theme identified was 'Suffering and ethical caring: incompatible entities'.
    • Six domains of ethical problem-solving were identified: definitions, conditions, actions, variables, risks, and recommendations.
    • Nurses' decision-making processes are influenced by multiple factors in complex clinical situations.

    Conclusions:

    • Ethical caring and patient suffering present a significant conflict in healthcare.
    • Further research is essential to understand and address client and family suffering and pain.
    • Developing strategies to better support nurses in navigating these ethical complexities is crucial.