Dumped: When nursing homes abandon patients to the hospital
Margie is an 86-year-old nursing home resident who has developed a bladder infection. As is the case with many elderly women, she also is…
Legal & Ethics
Building moral resilience to neutralize moral distress
Moral distress occurs when one recognizes one’s moral responsibility in a situation; evaluates the various courses of action; and identifies, in accordance with one’s…
The nursing profession’s potential impact on policy and politics
Nursing is the largest medical profession in the world with nearly 4 million nurses in the United States alone. As such, nurses have the…
Suicide, physician-assisted suicide and mercy killing: Similarities, differences, cautions, and precautions
“I fear the power of life and death at human hands. I know no one, not myself nor any other, whom I would trust…
A conversation about the ethics of staffing
Editor’s note: In March 2016, Leah Curtin RN,ScD,FAAN, a living legend in nursing for her work in ethics, was asked to address the American…
Frequently asked legal questions
Editor’s note: The following questions are excerpts from the book Frequently Asked Legal Questions Keeping Nurses Awake at Night, by the author, copyright 2015.…
Does a right to refuse treatment include a right to demand it?
According to the dictionary, the word integrity is a noun, and it means either adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character;…
Why you need your own malpractice insurance
Many myths surround professional liability insurance for nurses, also known as nursing malpractice insurance. Here are a few: Only physicians get sued for malpractice.…
Issues up close
The year is 1989. The Hubble telescope is under construction for launch. The Cold War is ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall.…
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…
What nurses owe one another
With all the concern about ethics today, little attention is paid to the way healthcare professionals treat one another. Nonetheless, the ethics of a…
Issues up close
For many nurses today, the workplace may feel like uncharted territory. New technologies, bold advances in health care, and a growing urgency to collaborate…
Dumped: When nursing homes abandon patients to the hospital
Margie is an 86-year-old nursing home resident who has developed a bladder infection. As is the case with many elderly women, she…
Building moral resilience to neutralize moral distress
Moral distress occurs when one recognizes one’s moral responsibility in a situation; evaluates the various courses of action; and identifies, in accordance…
The nursing profession’s potential impact on policy and politics
Nursing is the largest medical profession in the world with nearly 4 million nurses in the United States alone. As such, nurses…
Suicide, physician-assisted suicide and mercy killing: Similarities, differences, cautions, and precautions
“I fear the power of life and death at human hands. I know no one, not myself nor any other, whom I…
A conversation about the ethics of staffing
Editor’s note: In March 2016, Leah Curtin RN,ScD,FAAN, a living legend in nursing for her work in ethics, was asked to address…
Frequently asked legal questions
Editor’s note: The following questions are excerpts from the book Frequently Asked Legal Questions Keeping Nurses Awake at Night, by the author,…
Does a right to refuse treatment include a right to demand it?
According to the dictionary, the word integrity is a noun, and it means either adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of…
Why you need your own malpractice insurance
Many myths surround professional liability insurance for nurses, also known as nursing malpractice insurance. Here are a few: Only physicians get sued…
Issues up close
The year is 1989. The Hubble telescope is under construction for launch. The Cold War is ending with the fall of the…
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…
What nurses owe one another
With all the concern about ethics today, little attention is paid to the way healthcare professionals treat one another. Nonetheless, the ethics…
Issues up close
For many nurses today, the workplace may feel like uncharted territory. New technologies, bold advances in health care, and a growing urgency…
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