Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Psychiatry 1735-4587 3 2 2008 06 15 55 58 Omran M Razzaghi kashani Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran Seyed Abbas Motevallian Department of Epidemiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shahrzad Alizadegan Department of Endocrinology and Female infertility, Reproductive Health Research Center, Royan Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran Mohammad hossein Vaziri Department of Endocrinology and Female infertility, Reproductive Health ResearchCenter, Royan Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran Effat Merghati Khoiee Department of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran S. Ashrafoddin Goushegir Research Institute for Islamic and Complimentary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Javad Ghoroubi Department of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2015 10 17 Objective: To develop 'moral distress questionnaire' and validate it in a sample of Iranian registered nurses. Method: 26 registered nurses and 10 professionals attended focused group discussion (FGD) sessions and the acquired qualitative data was analyzed by Jameton scale analysis. Results: Attitudes and definitions of nurses working in private and governmental hospitals of two medical universities in Tehran revealed moral distress in nurses, and also showed that moral distress influenced the sample population. Results of the present study were concordant with Jameton's model although some background and conceptual differences were observed. Conclusion: Design and conduction of some interventions to help nurses cope with the moral distress caused by their occupation seems necessary. https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/470 https://ijps.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/download/470/494