When ethics hurts: The causes and impact of moral distress on emergency department nurses: A scoping review protocol.

2025/11/04 by Clare Walters, Murray, Melanie, Melanie Murray +3
Health Professions · Medicine · Neuroscience · Nursing · #Critical Care Nursing #Ethics in medical practice #FOS: Health sciences #JBI #Medicine and Health Sciences #Nursing #Other Nursing #Patient Dignity and Privacy #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #emergency nursing #evidence synthesis #moral distress #protocol #scoping review

paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/s234b

openalex publication_date 2025/11/04 · openalex created_date 2025/11/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/03

Abstract

This project contains materials for a JBI-aligned scoping review protocol exploring the causes and impact of moral distress on emergency nurses. The review will map existing evidence to identify key concepts, gaps and implications for future research.

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