Ineffective leaders often fail to promote moral courage or to address the ethical dilemmas nurses routinely face, such as when they witness or experience bullying in the workplace, failure to obtain ...

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In his final moments, Alex Pretti did what nurses are educated to do, a nurse writes. He noticed, cared, and responded to an ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

Annual Gallup poll has ranked nursing as America’s most-trusted profession for 21 consecutive years. Nurses’ ability to ensure their patients’ well-being is among the reasons why they rate the highest ...

Nursing practice is informed by research, and all nurses, midwives and care staff should be research aware even if they do not consider themselves research active. The principles of research ethics, ...

The oncology nursing staff faced a critical dilemma. A 70-year-old woman with advanced cancer was declining rapidly and unable to communicate. Her nurses strongly believed that her care should shift ...

A look at tough moral questions as the NYC strike persists ...