Conscientious objection: a potential neonatal nursing response to care orders that cause suffering at the end of life? Study of a concept. Catlin, A., Armigo, C., Volat, D., Vale, E., Hadley, Ann, M., Gong, W., Bassir, R., & Anderson, K. Neonatal network: NN, 27(2):101--108, April, 2008. Paper doi abstract bibtex This article is an exploratory effort meant to solicit and provoke dialog. Conscientious objection is proposed as a potential response to the moral distress experienced by neonatal nurses. The most commonly reported cause of distress for all nurses is following orders to support patients at the end of their lives with advanced technology when palliative or comfort care would be more humane. Nurses report that they feel they are harming patients or causing suffering when they could be comforting instead. We examined the literature on moral distress, futility, and the concept of conscientious objection from the perspective of the nurse's potential response to performing advanced technologic interventions for the dying patient. We created a small pilot study to engage in clinical verification of the use of our concept of conscientious objection. Data from 66 neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care unit nurses who responded in a one-month period are reported here. Interest in conscientious objection to care that causes harm or suffering was very high. This article reports the analysis of conscientious objection use in neonatal care.
@article{ catlin_conscientious_2008-1,
title = {Conscientious objection: a potential neonatal nursing response to care orders that cause suffering at the end of life? Study of a concept},
volume = {27},
issn = {0730-0832},
shorttitle = {Conscientious objection},
url = {http://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/catlin/conscientious%20objection.pdf},
doi = {10.1891/0730-0832.27.2.101},
abstract = {This article is an exploratory effort meant to solicit and provoke dialog. Conscientious objection is proposed as a potential response to the moral distress experienced by neonatal nurses. The most commonly reported cause of distress for all nurses is following orders to support patients at the end of their lives with advanced technology when palliative or comfort care would be more humane. Nurses report that they feel they are harming patients or causing suffering when they could be comforting instead. We examined the literature on moral distress, futility, and the concept of conscientious objection from the perspective of the nurse's potential response to performing advanced technologic interventions for the dying patient. We created a small pilot study to engage in clinical verification of the use of our concept of conscientious objection. Data from 66 neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care unit nurses who responded in a one-month period are reported here. Interest in conscientious objection to care that causes harm or suffering was very high. This article reports the analysis of conscientious objection use in neonatal care.},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
journal = {Neonatal network: {NN}},
author = {Catlin, Anita and Armigo, Christine and Volat, Deborah and Vale, Elnora and Hadley, Mary Ann and Gong, Wendy and Bassir, Ranginah and Anderson, Kelly},
month = {April},
year = {2008},
pmid = {18431964},
keywords = {Attitude of Health Personnel, Conflict (Psychology), Conscience, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Intensive Care, Neonatal, Medical Futility, Models, Nursing, Morals, Neonatal Nursing, Nurse's Role, Nursing Methodology Research, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Palliative Care, Patient Advocacy, Pilot Projects, Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological},
pages = {101--108}
}
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