The student nurses saw themselves both as actors and spectators in situations involving ethical problems and demanding moral deliberation, demonstrating the ability to base their arguments soundly. They tended to emphasise the possibilities offered by dialogue and that different ethical values must be respected to find fair solutions to ethical problems.

Objetivo: Descrever situações geradoras e elementos envolvidos no processo de sofrimento moral na experiência de enfermeiros gerentes de um hospital público do sul do Brasil. Método: Estudo descritivo e exploratório de abordagem qualitativa, realizado durante o período de março a setembro de 2014, cujas informações foram coletadas mediante entrevista semiestruturada. Participaram da pesquisa 17 enfermeiros gerentes. Os dados foram organizados no software Atlas. Ti© e analisados segundo a técnica de análise textual discursiva. Resultados: Emergiram três categorias: Organização e Condições de trabalho, Gestão de Pessoas, e O Ser Gerente. Conclusão: Constatou-se que os gerentes vivenciam o sofrimento moral decorrente de situações conflituosas relacionadas às condições de trabalho, profissionais insubordinados, falta de autonomia, assédio moral e as múltiplas faces da função gerencial. Assim, buscou-se contribuir para área da saúde, nos aspectos de sensibilizar moralmente os profissionais para as atividades que desempenham e no tocante ao sofrimento moral.

Background Moral distress is a phenomenon that can lead to an imbalance of the mind and body. There are many coping strategies to overcome the obstacles that lead the subject to this condition. Some coping strategies are capable of being achieved through the cultivation of moral resilience. Aim The aim is to identify the strategies of moral resilience in the nursing management of University Hospitals in Brazil. Research design The research design is the qualitative study with discursive textual analysis. Participants and research context : 44 nurse managers and nurses in leadership positions participated in a total of 30 University Hospitals in Brazil. Data were collected online, using a questionnaire with open questions. Ethical considerations The Ethics Committee approved the study. Participants received information about the research, agreed to respond to the questionnaire, and were guaranteed anonymity. Findings Personal adaptive strategies (intrapersonal and interpersonal) and organizational collaborative strategies (intrinsic and transformational management) emerged from this process. The intrapersonal strategies involved elements of rationality, flexibility, rebalancing practices, moral courage, and detachment. The interpersonal strategies addressed support networks, team involvement, and dialog. Organizational strategies dealt with actions which reorient ethical infrastructure, ethical education, and psychological protection, as well as fostering dialogical relationships, empowerment, and cooperation. Conclusion From the perspective of social historical construction, it is understood that developing personal and organizational strategies is essential to cultivating moral resilience.

Objective: to identify the association between moral distress and the supporting elements of moral deliberation in Brazilian nurses. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted with Brazilian nurses working in health services at different complexity levels. The research protocol consisted of the Brazilian Scale of Moral Distress in Nurses, a sociodemographic and labor questionnaire, and a list of bases and ethical elements used for moral deliberation. For analysis, descriptive statistics, chi-square test, and Poisson regression were used. Results: 1,226 nurses took part in the study. The 12 elements associated with the moral deliberation process were classified as important for nurses’ actions, especially the professional experience acquired, code of ethics/law of professional practice, and ethical and bioethical principles. The relationship of moral distress showed higher prevalence in the Beliefs, culture and values of the patient, Beliefs and personal values, and Intuition and Subjectivity elements. Conclusion: the results showed a balance between the subjective criteria of professional experience and the objective ones of deontology for moral deliberation.

Objective: To discuss the indicators of change identified by professors in the nursing education setting, in relation to its ethical dimension. Methods: The research was a type of case study, with a post-structuralist approach, with a selection of six undergraduate courses in nursing in the State of Santa Catarina, which were developed in focus groups with 50 professors. Results: Professors indicated changes in three different scenarios: the scenario of society, science and academia; the scenario of nursing work and the local scenario; the way students present themselves within this context. Conclusions: The changes permeate local, national and global dimensions, fueled by transformations in social and political structure with evidence involved in thinking about and applying professional ethics. Keywords: Education nursing; Ethics nursing; Ethics RESUMOObjetivo: Discutir os indicativos de mudança identificados por professores no cenário da formação do enfermeiro em relação à sua dimensão ética. Métodos: Pesquisa do tipo estudo de caso, com abordagem pós-estruturalista, com seleção de seis cursos de graduação em Enfermagem do Estado de Santa Catarina, em que foram desenvolvidos grupos focais com 50 professores. Resultados: Os professores indicaram mudanças em três diferentes cenários: no cenário da sociedade, da ciência e da academia; no cenário do trabalho da enfermagem e no cenário local, na forma como os alunos se apresentam nesse contexto. Conclusões: As mudanças perpassam dimensões locais, nacionais e globalizadas, fomentadas por transformações na estrutura social e política com evidências implicadas no pensar e fazer ético do profissional. Descritores: Educação em enfermagem; Ética em enfermagem; Ética RESUMENObjetivo: Discutir los indicativos de cambios identificados por profesores en el escenario de la formación del enfermero en relación a su dimensión ética. Métodos: Se trata de una investigación de tipo estudio de caso, con abordaje post-estructuralista, con selección de seis cursos de pregrado en Enfermería del Estado de Santa Catarina, en el que fueron desarrollados grupos focales con 50 profesores. Resultados: Los profesores indicaron cambios en tres escenarios diferentes:en el escenario de la sociedad, de la ciencia y de la academia; en el escenario del trabajo de la enfermería y en el escenario local, en la forma cómo los alumnos se presentan en ese contexto. Conclusiones: Los cambios perpasan dimensiones locais, nacionales y globalizadas, fomentadas por transformaciones en la estructura social y política con evidencias implicadas en el pensar y hacer ético del profesional.