AMSN Sponsored Research
AMSN places calls from time-to-time for researchers to partner with us on research projects we undertake to advance the knowledge of medical-surgical nursing practice. Recruit for your research.
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We only distribute study participation requests that we believe will benefit our members and medical-surgical nursing. If you see an invitation to participate in a research study via an email, on our website, or posted on our social media pages, be assured that this study has been vetted and approved by our Research Team.
Active Studies
Relationship between Authentic Nurse Leadership and Missed Nursing Care
Missed nursing care is defined as any element of nursing care required by hospitalized patients that is omitted, only partially delivered or delayed. It occurs frequently in hospitals in the US and internationally. This study seeks to gain an understanding of factors that may be associated with missed nursing care.
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The Clinical Bedside Nurses' Moral Courage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Method Study
Moral courage is a person's decision to respond to an ethical or moral threat despite the consequences (Harbourt & Kisfalvi, 2014). While the literature offers few definitions of a nurse's moral courage. Morally courageous behavior has been defined as the nurse's ability to overcome fear and act on one's beliefs, despite personal consequences (Lachman, 2007). Moral courage requires a nurse to confront the situation, overcome the fear, and remain steadfast in their convictions (Clancy, 2003). Today, many nursing organizations have acknowledged the value of moral courage in the nursing profession. The healthcare work environment experienced major disruption due to the emergence of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Healthcare facilities encountered supply and equipment shortages and personnel issues such as shortages, extended work hours, and risks to employee safety that posed challenges for nurses caring for COVID-19 patients. Foremost, the nurses lacked the nursing and medical knowledge to care for these patients. Despite the lack of PPE, fear of the unknown, and the intensive work environment, nurses demonstrated courageous behavior by overcoming or managing their fear in the face of serious harm or death. Behaviors indicative of moral courage evidenced by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic remain unidentified and undefined.This study will use a convergent mixed-method design to examine the descriptive data from the Nurses Moral Courage Scale and to examine the relationship between nurses’ present moral courage score and their years of experience, age in years, gender, work unit, and specialty certification.
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