Effects of Ethics Consultation System in Mental Health to Resolve Moral Distress

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463597
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Sonoda Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Ohnishi Kayoko 園田学園女子大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (00344599)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KITAOKA Kazuyo 金沢大学, 医薬保健学総合研究科, 教授 (60326080) ; STONE Teresa E. 山口大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (70639236) ; YOSHIIKE Takashi 大阪人間科学大学, 准教授 (60351706)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 精神科看護師 / 倫理的悩み / 倫理コンサルテーション / バーンアウト / 職務効力感

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Burnout among mental health nurses could be prevented, their professional efficacy increased, and quality of care improved, if they could resolve morally distressing problems themselves. We established an online ethics consultation system for mental health nurses, and examined the effects of the system. Over 2000 people have visited the website, but only six posted in the first year and a half since the establishment of the website. Half of those who consulted the site were nurses, and their main concerns centered around behavioral restraint.
As for the effect of the system, no result has confirmed because of the small sample size, but all consulters stated that the system was ‘useful’ and that they were ‘satisfied with the answer’.

Free Research Field

精神看護学