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 ...

When nurses reported less frequent use of palliative care for their patients, they tended to experience higher levels of moral distress, a study finds. Minimally invasive surgery, telemedicine, ...

Research has shown that, when nurses feel they are being prevented from taking a morally justifiable action or achieving an ethical outcome, it contributes to poor mental health, burnout, and intent ...

LANSING – Nurses are caught in the middle between their professional ethics code and constraints on treating patients who can’t afford medical care, a new study says. As a result, nurses in such ...

A nurses strike scheduled to begin on Christmas Eve threatens operations at three Southern California hospitals as the nurses allege that work conditions put staff safety at risk. The Hospital ...

Nurses have again reached the top spot in Gallup’s annual Most Honest and Ethical Professions Poll. It’s the 21st year in a row Americans have ranked the profession highest for its ethics, the company ...

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 ...

With nurses in the spotlight more than ever, a newly released Gallup poll found that nurses top the list of most honest and ethical professions as voted by the American public. The poll found that 76% ...

Profession beat out doctors for top spot on annual Gallup poll Nurses once again top Gallup’s annual Honesty and Ethics poll. This is the 20th straight year Americans ranked the profession as No. 1.

To put it simply, ethics represents the moral code that guides a person’s choices and behaviors throughout their life. The idea of a moral code extends beyond the individual to include what is ...