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 ...

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 ...

According to Gallup polls, nursing has ranked as the most honest and ethical profession 22 years in the running. Nursing has been highly regarded since Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern ...

Georgetown University’s School of Nursing (SON) explored the key changes designed to support nurses and patients in the changing healthcare systems in the newly revised 2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses, ...

The couple looked over at what they had been told was their stillborn baby. But as the baby, born at 22 weeks, lay on the warmer, the parents could see that the heart was still beating. Doctors knew ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

When a doctor undertakes intimate examinations on a patient, it is not unusual for a nurse to be asked to attend as a chaperone. What exactly does this entail? There are several legal requirements ...

A nurse who lectured healthcare students on ethics moonlighted at a care home while telling university bosses she was sick has been banned from nursing for a year. Sandra Forbes sat on the East of ...

When a doctor undertakes intimate examinations on a patient, it is not unusual for a nurse to be asked to attend as a chaperone. What exactly does this entail? There are several legal requirements ...