Table 4 Nurses’ experiences regarding moral distress in surgical field

Conservative compromise

Melting into a faulty system

Inductive Process of Distress Development

Weak assertiveness to resist immorality

Desensitization to unprofessionalism

Mobbing powerful members

Power and system as promoting distress

Failure to team-based support

Psychological exhaustion

Perceived unpleasant consequences

Perceived Perplexity and Powerlessness