Nursing Ethics
Moral distress risk profiling in ICU nurses: A cross-sectional study
Background Moral distress is common among ICU nurses and has been linked to burnout, diminished care quality, and turnover. Which factors matter most – and how they combine to shape individual risk – remains poorly characterised. Research objective To identify factors associated with moral distress in ICU nurses and develop a parsimonious, exploratory risk-profiling model. Research design Multicentre cross-sectional survey with machine learning analysis. Participants and research context A total of 318 registered n …