On any given day, the average nurse uses his or her knowledge, training and ethical standards to make countless moral decisions regarding patient health. Both minor issues and complex emergencies must ...

Nurses interact with people during some of their most vulnerable moments and in highly personal ways. It’s why they often find themselves confronted with challenging ethical dilemmas that require ...

SILVER SPRING, MD, Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Center for Ethics & Human Rights released the highly anticipated 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics ...

The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) sent a letter to Legacy Emanuel President Bahaa Wanly on December 10, outlining concerns ...

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 ...

Registered nurses protect and promote health, prevent illness and injury and alleviate suffering. We apply critical thinking and the latest evidence, and follow standards, policies and procedures and ...

A persistent shortage of nursing staff across the United States challenges the belief and values of this profession. Many nurses may find it difficult to carry out their ethical obligations to ...

In the world of TV sensationalism, the moguls have hit on a new venue, the flawed nurse. It was bad enough having nurses portrayed as bimbos or minimal characters, but now we have “Nurse Jackie” and ...

Health policy group AcademyHealth has released a new voluntary code of ethics for use in recruiting internationally-based nurses, one designed to better protect their rights in the midst of a rapid ...

After two years of pandemic, two years in which health care providers have literally been on the front lines of the war against COVID-19, nurses are still the most trusted professionals, according to ...

Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. “After two days in the hospital,” comic W.C. Fields once quipped, “I took a turn for the nurse.” Given the number of sanctioned ...