nursing ethics

Q&A with Cynda Rushton, committee member of the National Academy of Medicine Study on Clinician Burnout

Today, the National Academy of Medicine released a new report, Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional...

On the Pulse | 10/23/19

A Moral Compass with a Bite

Whether out in the wilderness or driving your car, we all use some sort of compass to navigate our physical direction. What then guides our...

On the Pulse | 07/23/18

The Unmentionable Vaccine

The Ethics of HPV Vaccination in Adolescents and the Role of Providers When I was young I remember hearing the adults around me commenting...

On the Pulse | 04/10/18

An Ethical Dilemma in Advanced Practice Nursing

Is it ethical to act on the request of a 41-year-old woman with advanced breast cancer, who has been developmentally delayed since birth,...

On the Pulse | 02/27/18

Conway Gift Continues to Give Back

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Features | 11/08/17

“You want to give addicts a safe, clean space to inject illegal drugs?”

By Demetrius Marcoulides Absolutely. Opioid overdose deaths have rocketed past motor vehicle accidents and gun violence as the leading...

On the Pulse | 11/01/17

Lateral Violence in the Workplace

When I first announced that I was planning to go to nursing school, a family friend and former nurse said to me, in the same breath,...

On the Pulse | 09/14/17

Wholesome Speech

By Cynda Rushton Nurses are regularly in complex, conflict-laden, and high-pressure situations with colleagues and the people they serve....

On the Pulse | 08/15/17

Our Ethical Obligation to Social Justice

In the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics, it is clearly designated that nurses must be first obligated to their patients and...

On the Pulse | 05/23/17

Podcasts

On the Pulse Podcast

Episode 36: Improving Black Maternal Health Outcomes

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Noelene K. Jeffers, Assistant Professor and Certified Nurse Midwife, to discuss her work addressing the Black Maternal Health Crisis. Dr. Jeffers examines the structural and social determinants of Black maternal and perinatal health and currently leads studies to integrate community-based doulas into the health care setting.