Nurse moral disengagement

Abstract

Background: Ethics is a founding component of the nursing profession; however, the

What is Behind Counterproductive Work Behaviors in the Nursing Profession? A Systematic Review

“…One of the studies used a mixed-method [41]. For qualitative studies, semantic content analysis methods were used to identify specific themes [29,30,32] with the participants being nurses and other healthcare workers (owners, managers and physicians, etc.)…”

“…In order for a worker to develop CWB, they need to use the psychological mechanism of moral disengagement (MD), a selfregulatory process used to exercise cognitive control over thoughts and behaviors [46], which has been shown to be closely associated with CWB [35,40,41]. MD explains why individuals with strong ethical and moral principles can, in some circumstances, commit acts in conflict with these rules, without feeling guilt or shame [46].…”

“…Indeed, for CWB implementation, it is necessary for nurses to appeal to the psychological mechanism of MD [40,41]. In fact, newly hired nurses who perform CWB often justify their behavior with MD [35].…”

“…In addition, several studies have shown a strong relationship between CWB and DM [35,40,41]. Finally, it was shown that where CWB are not sanctioned, and enforcement policies are not applied, this behaviour becomes an important problem for organizations [8,32].…”

Qualität und Qualitätsmessung in der Pflege aus ethischer Perspektive

“…Daran geknüpft ist das moralisch bedingte Verpflichtungsgefühl, das eine Erklärung von Zuständigkeiten und Engagement bewirkt (Amiri et al 2018;Fida et al 2016).…”