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Nurse responsibility in advancing global health
To: Ethics Advisory Board
From: Volunteer RN
Subject: Global health outreach
With the recent earthquake in Haiti and the devastation that country has experienced, I feel...
Protecting privacy while supporting nurses
To: Ethics Advisory Board
From: Concerned emergency department clinical manager
Subject: Patient/family privacy and nurses’ well-being
A patient was brought to our emergency department (ED) from...
Is the Code of Ethics for Nurses a legal document?
To: Ethics Advisory Board
From: Concerned RN
Subject: Unethical practice error
What if I make an inadvertent, unethical practice error? Is the Code of Ethics...
Research ethics: What nurses need to know
To: Ethics Advisory Board
From: Conscientious RN
Subject: Patient care during research
I’ve been asked to care for patients who are participating in a research study....
Promoting civility in the workplace
To: Ethics Inbox
From: An ANA member
Subject: Bullying and incivility
Bullying and incivility are rampant on my nursing unit. My manager doesn’t address the situation,...
Ethics in a pandemic
Decision-making during a healthcare crisis.
In a severe pandemic of an infectious disease, healthcare organizations will face a surge in demand for care to large...
A question of conscience
To: Ethics Advisory Board
From: Concerned RN
Subject: Refusal to participate
Two nurses on my unit have submitted written notification stating that they would no longer...
Nursing ethics for a gig economy
To: Ethics Advisory Board
From: Overworked RN
Subject: Freelance nursing
I’m exhausted. My unit is always short staffed. I’m asked to work longer hours and come in...
Federal legislative agenda
Promoting the critical role nurses play in the health of patients and the nation, as well as guaranteeing a strong nursing workforce into the...
Ethics of bedside arraignments
To: Ethics inbox
From: Concerned RN
Subject: Bedside arraignments
I am a medical-surgical nurse and admitted a patient to my unit who was arrested and injured during...
Ethics, relatively speaking
To: Ethics inbox
From: Puzzled nursing instructor
Subject: “Putting away” your moral beliefs?
Recently, a nursing student wrote this as part of a course assignment: “Ethics...
Ethics case study: ‘Just watch them die…’
According to the Associated Press, a Brookdale Senior Residence facility* worker who identified herself as a nurse, refused to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to...
Viewpoint: Nurse’s refusal to force feed Gitmo prisoners triggers debate
Few Americans know that a U.S. Navy nurse may lose his 18-year career because he decided he could no longer in good conscience continue...