Which of the following situations is an example of moral distress?
a. You hear nurses in the lounge making off-color jokes about a patient. You are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.
b. You have been late for work a couple of times in the last 2 weeks, and your co-workers are covering for you.
c. You become romantically involved with a co-worker, which is against the unit policy, so you resign your position.
d. You purposefully use vague language when explaining a patient's condition to the family. Staff expects that the patient may be brain-dead, but test results are not yet conclusive.
ANS: A
A
The definition of "moral distress" is distress that results from participating in a perceived moral wrongdoing due to situational constraints despite attempting to make a moral choice.
B
There is no breach of ethics in being late and having co-workers cover for you.
C
The person acts appropriately to the moral issue by resigning the position.
D
The person is acting appropriately under current circumstances.
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