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 ...

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 ...

In its latest update, over 6,000 nurses worldwide shared their insights to ensure it reflects today’s realities. A panel of 49 experts, including six co-chairs, spent more than 600 hours refining the ...

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 ...

Whistleblowing in healthcare is the act of raising patient safety concerns or other unethical misconduct committed by ...

The American Nurses Association is hosting its first-ever Ethics Symposium this summer as part of what it has designated as the “Year of Ethics.” Symposium attendees can learn critical elements of an ...

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 ...

For over 30 years I have worked as nurse in public health serving the most vulnerable populations, a profession I chose because I was inspired by my mother who was a “tuberculosis (TB) nurse.” She ...

Updated 7/29 with Charlie Gard's death. The tragic spectacle of the legal battle over Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old British baby whose genetic disease inflicted catastrophic and irreversible brain ...

Congress gets the lowest marks for honesty and ethics of any profession, while nurses get the highest, a new Gallup Poll said Monday. The poll also found the public’s view of journalists is unusually ...