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응급실 간호사의 윤리적 어려움*
최귀순1, 이경숙2,*, 함미영3
Nurses’ Ethical Difficulties in Emergency Department*
Kwisoon CHOE1, Kyoung Sook LEE2,*, Mi Young HAM3
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1Department of Nursing, Kunsan National University
2Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University
3College of Nursing, Shinheung College
ⓒ Copyright 2012 The Korean Society for Medical Ethics. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received: Jul 19, 2012; Accepted: Aug 23, 2012
Published Online: Aug 31, 2012
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to explore the ethical difficulties experienced by emergency department nurses in hospital settings. Data were collected using in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of 12 nurses working in emergency department. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using inductive thematic analysis to identify ethical difficulties. Four themes were emerged from the qualitative data: difficulty of advocacy for patients’ good, ethical disagreement, ethical immaturity, and ethical stress. This study will provide a theoretical basis for developing ethical guidelines that enable emergency room nurses to make decision ethically.
Keywords: 응급실; 간호; 생명윤리; 환자 옹호; 질적 연구
Keywords: emergency department; nursing; bioethics; patient advocacy; qualitative research