Understanding the mediated relationship between moral distress, depression, and suicide risk in undergraduate nursing students

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BACKGROUND: Nursing students are at higher risk for depression, suicide, and other mental health concerns as compared to the general college student population. Moral distress and other ethical issues may be a significant source of psychological harm within nursing student experiences and warrants further attention.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand the mediating effect of depression on the relationship between moral distress and suicide risk among undergraduate nursing students.

METHODS: This cross-sectional analysis was derived from a larger sequential mixed methods study. The first phase was an online survey completed by a national sample of N = 679 nursing students in the United States.

FINDINGS: The relationship between moral distress and suicide risk was fully mediated by depression and statistically significant at the alpha = 0.05 level.

CONCLUSION: All three psychological variables (depression, moral distress, suicide risk) impact nursing students and require innovative solutions within nursing and educational programs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:71

Enthalten in:

Nursing outlook - 71(2023), 3 vom: 14. Mai, Seite 101966

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paidipati, Cynthia P [VerfasserIn]
Lozano, Alicia J [VerfasserIn]
West, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Liming [VerfasserIn]
Hanlon, Alexandra L [VerfasserIn]
Ulrich, Connie M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Depression
Journal Article
Mental health
Moral distress
Nursing students
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Suicide risk

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Date Completed 11.07.2023

Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.outlook.2023.101966

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355588439