Moral deliberation of nurses regarding hospitalization by court order

Abstract

Aim: to analyze the ethical problems experienced by intensive care nurses in situations of hospitalization by judicial order in the perspective of moral deliberation. Method: qualitative research carried out between January and December 2016, through semi-structured interviews with 42 intensive care nurses from South and Southeast regions of Brazil. Interpreted through Discursive Textual Analysis. Results: the analysis resulted in three categories that present in their content the priority of deliberation, the moral suffering of nurses and the nurse's advocacy. Final considerations: health judicialization brings significant changes in social and institutional relations. Nurses must realize that, facing the different possibilities of decision-making in the face of ethical problems, important moral values are in conflict.

Keywords

• cuidados críticos
• ética em enfermagem
• decisões judiciais
• enfermagem
• doente terminal