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 ...

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 ...

The American Nurses Association’s new code of ethics highlights the profession’s commitment to improving global health and confronting structural oppression. For more than six decades, the Code of ...

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 ...

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 ...