http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2008/01/25/moral-distress-just-in-the-nursing-profession/ Walking the Talk in Philadelphia: A Ministry of the Christian Association at the University of Pennsylvania Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:35:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2008/01/25/moral-distress-just-in-the-nursing-profession/#comment-35308 Daren Smith Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:56:48 +0000 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2008/01/25/moral-distress-just-in-the-nursing-profession/#comment-35308 this is a sad situation that is happening everywhere. Part of the problem is doing more with less. Social workers, nurses, teachers, and many more are understaffed and are absorbing too much of the workload. Plus nurses and social workers alike deal with people that already stress in one way or another and I'm sure that stress passes on to the employee one way or another this is a sad situation that is happening everywhere. Part of the problem is doing more with less. Social workers, nurses, teachers, and many more are understaffed and are absorbing too much of the workload. Plus nurses and social workers alike deal with people that already stress in one way or another and I’m sure that stress passes on to the employee one way or another

]]> http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2008/01/25/moral-distress-just-in-the-nursing-profession/#comment-23407 Jeff Draine Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:11:20 +0000 http://www.faithfulphillyforum.org/2008/01/25/moral-distress-just-in-the-nursing-profession/#comment-23407 A general understanding of burnout is that its not an amount of work--or even the size of the problem one is addressing--but the sense of powerlessness that is the source. Perhaps those of us who train nurses, social workers and physicians can move future practitioners toward change activities in society as well as in bodies. A general understanding of burnout is that its not an amount of work–or even the size of the problem one is addressing–but the sense of powerlessness that is the source. Perhaps those of us who train nurses, social workers and physicians can move future practitioners toward change activities in society as well as in bodies.

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