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Resources on Nursing Ethics

In addition to the comprehensive bibliographies on clinical practice, education, and research, the following resources may be helpful to you in planning your own ethics journey as a clinician, teacher, researcher or policy maker. We welcome your suggestions for additional resources via the form below.

Overview

Pinch, W. J. & Haddad, A. M. (Eds.). (2008). Nursing and Health Care Ethics: A Legacy and A Vision, American Nurses Association.
Sigma Theta Tau International – Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository

How the Work Environment for Nurses is Changing

Institute of Medicine. (2010). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, National Academies Press.

“Getting” Cultural Diversity

Fadiman, A. (1997). The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Washington, H. A. (2006). Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. Anchor Books.

Clinical Practice Environment

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Team STEPPs: National Implementation. Encouraging Communication and Teamwork Skills.
Benner, P. (2000). From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice. Prentice Hall.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Use Regular Huddles and Staff Meetings to Plan Production and to Optimize Team Communication.
Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation. (2013). Through the Eyes of the Workforce: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care.
Maxfield, D., J. Grenny, R. McMillan, K. Patterson, & A. Switzler. (2005). Silence Kills: The Seven Crucial Conversations in Healthcare. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, CrucialConversations, and VitalSmarts.
Moral Distress Project – the University of Kentucky
Robinson, E. M., Lee, S. M., Zollfrank, A., Jurchak, M., Frost, D., & Grace, P. (2014). Enhancing Moral Agency: Clinical Ethics Residency for Nurses. Hastings Center Report, 44(5), 12-20.
Talent Plus, Inc. Methods and Resources for Achieving Organizational Change.

Nursing Ethics Education

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Essentials Series:
- The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice
- The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing
- The Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing
- The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice
Stokowski, L. A. (2011). The Downward Spiral: Incivility in Nursing. Medscape.

Ethics in Clinical Practice (selected articles from review of the literature)

Aliakbari, F., Hammad, K., Bahrami, M., & Aein, F. (2014). Ethical and Legal Challenges Associated with Disaster Nursing. Nursing Ethics, 0969733014534877.
Borry, P., Schotsmans, P., & Dierickx, K. (2006). Empirical Research in Bioethical Journals. A Quantitative Analysis. Journal of Medical Ethics, 32(4), 240-245.
Brorson, H., Plymoth, H., Örmon, K., & Bolmsjö, I. (2014). Pain Relief at the End of Life: Nurses’ Experiences Regarding End-of-Life Pain Relief in Patients with Dementia. Pain Management Nursing, 15(1), 315-323.
Burston, A. S., & Tuckett, A. G. (2013). Moral Distress in Nursing: Contributing Factors, Outcomes and Interventions. Nursing Ethics, 20(3), 312-324.
Harrison, R., Birks, Y., Hall, J., Bosanquet, K., Harden, M., & Iedema, R. (2014). The Contribution of Nurses to Incident Disclosure: A Narrative Review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 51(2), 334-345.
Holder, K. V., & Schenthal, S. J. (2007). Watch Your Step: Nursing and Professional Boundaries. Nursing Management, 38(2), 29-30.
Özden, D., Karagözoǧlu, Ş., & Yildirim, G. (2013). Intensive Care Nurses’ Perception of Futility: Job Satisfaction and Burnout Dimensions. Nursing Ethics, 20(4), 436-447.
Park, M. (2009). Ethical Issues in Nursing Practice. Journal of Nursing Law, 13(3), 68-77.
Redman, B. K. (2005). The Ethics of Self-Management Preparation for Chronic Illness. Nursing Ethics, 12(4), 360-369.
Tabak, N., Itzhaki, M., Sharon, D., & Barnoy, S. (2013). Intentions of Nurses and Nursing Students to Tell the Whole Truth to Patients and Family Members. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(9-10), 1434-1441.

Ethics in Nursing Research (selected articles from review of the literature)

Aita, M. & Richer, M. (2005). Essentials of Research Ethics for Healthcare Professionals. Nursing and Health Sciences, 7:119–125.
Axelin, A. & Salanterä, S. (2008). Ethics in Neonatal Pain Research. Nursing Ethics, 15(4), SAGE Publications.
Sutton, L. B., Erlen, J. A., Glad, J. M., Siminoff, L. A. (2003). Recruiting Vulnerable Populations for Research: Revisiting the Ethical Issues. Journal of Professional Nursing, 19(2), 106-112.
Fouka, G. & Mantzorou, M. What are the Major Ethical Issues in Conducting Research?
(2011). Is there a Conflict between the Research Ethics and the Nature of Nursing? Health Science Journal, (5)1, 3-14.
Grady C. (2009). Vulnerability in Research: Individuals with Limited Financial and/or Social Resources. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vulnerability in Biomedical Research.
Harrowing, J. N., Mills, J., Spiers, J., Kulig, J., & Kipp, W. (2010). Culture, Context and Community: Ethical Considerations for Global Nursing Research. The Authors Journal compilation, 2010 International Council of Nurses, pp 70-77.
Hoglund, A.T., Helgesson, E.G., & Ericksson, E.S. (2010). Ethical Dilemmas and Ethical Competence in the Daily Work of Research Nurses. Health Care Analysis 18:239–251.

Nursing Policy

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. (2005). Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments: A Journey to Excellence.
American Nurses Credentialing Center. AANC Magnet Recognition Program.
Corley, M.C., Elswick, R.K., Gorman, M., & Clor, T. (2001). Development and Evaluation of a Moral Distress Scale. Journal of Advanced Nursing 33(2): 250-256.
Francis, R. (chair) (2013). The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry. Final Report.
Johns Hopkins University. Berman Institute of Bioethics. Ethics Share.
National Health Service (NHS). (2013). High Quality Care For All, Now and For Future Generations. NHS website.
Nuffield Trust. (2014). The Francis Report: One Year On.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. National Center for Ethics in Health Care. Integrated Ethics: Overview.

Standards and Guidelines

AACN – “Moral Distress” Position Statement
ANA – Position Statements

Measurement Instruments

Sigma Theta Tau International – Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository

Audio/Video Resources

WYPR interview with nurse ethicist Cynda Rushton
Nursing Ethics History Project
Code Grey

Social Media

Blog posts about critical issues in nursing ethics

Ethics in Nursing Education (selected articles from review of the literature)

Numminen, O., Van Der Arend, A., & Leino‐Kilpi, H. (2009). Nurses’ Codes of Ethics in Practice and Education: A Review of the Literature. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 23(2), 380-394.
Numminen, O., et al. (2011). Comparison of Nurse Educators’ and Nursing Students’ Descriptions of Teaching Codes of Ethics. Nursing Ethics, 18(5), 710-724.
Park, M. (2009). The Legal Basis of Nursing Ethics Education. Journal of Nursing Law, 13(4), 106-113.
Peirce, A. G., & Smith, J. A. (2008). The Ethics Curriculum for Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(5), 270-274.
Harper, M.G. (2006). High Tech Cheating. Nurse Education Today, 26(8), 672-9.
Altmiller, G. (2012). Student Perceptions of Incivility in Nursing Education: Implications for Educators. Nursing Education Perspectives, 33(1), 15-20.

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