By: Kara Curry, MA, RN, senior policy and ethics
advisor for the ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights
Better ethical preparedness I work in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and we’ve had four deaths in the last week. While I
recognize death isn’t avoidable in this setting, the ethical challenges associated with some of these
cases have left me feeling distressed. How can I
better prepare to help families, as well as…
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