Moral distress is one of the major health issues that can affect the
quality of nursing work life and fails to achieve health goals. One of
the major issues affecting the development of moral distress
phenomenon is euthanasia. Although the occurrence of the phenomenon
according to religious and legal structures in Iran is impossible; But it
also could underlie attitude to events; among the causes of moral
distress in nursing is discussed. Cross - sectional study aimed to
investigate the relationship between the phenomenon of moral distress
and euthanasia is performed. A quota sample of subjects selected from
hospitals in Kerman and data were collected to Corly moral distress
and attitudes toward euthanasia questionnaire. The results indicate that
the intensity and frequency of moral distress among nurses attitudes
towards euthanasia is not significant relation (P>0/05). Average of
moral distress in nurses (2/7±0/57) and the average attitude towards
euthanasia (0/9± 1/5) were reported.
According to this issue euthanasia is one of the reasons which produce
moral distress in nurses but maybe Low nurse’s attitudes prevent it.
Levels of moral distress planning and attention needed to understand
this phenomenon and to increase nurses' coping mechanisms they to
require and as a result come that this phenomenon cannot have an
important role in creation of moral distress in Iranian nurses,
nonetheless, levels of moral distress necessitate planning and attention
for introducing this phenomenon to the nurses and increasing coping
mechanisms in them