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Bolstering Moral Courage And Ethical Decision-Making Confidence To Moderate Nurse Leader Moral Distress, Lisa Krening
Bolstering Moral Courage And Ethical Decision-Making Confidence To Moderate Nurse Leader Moral Distress, Lisa Krening
Central Division Nurse Clinical Inquiry Conference
Abstract:
Bolstering Moral Distress Knowledge, Ethical Decision-Making Confidence, and Moral Courage Among Nurse Leaders
Background
Nurse leaders report low confidence navigating ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas arise when ethical values are challenged, causing uncertainty about how to proceed. Left unresolved, ethical dilemmas impact ethical decision-making and can lead to moral distress. Moral distress is the anguish that occurs when there is recognition of an ethical dilemma necessitating a professional obligation to act, yet barriers exist to taking the ethically correct course of action.
To reduce moral distress, nurse leaders not only need to be able to identify an ethical dilemma, know …
Implementing In-Room Recycling On A Family Medical Center, Sarah Johnson
Implementing In-Room Recycling On A Family Medical Center, Sarah Johnson
Central Division Nurse Clinical Inquiry Conference
Abstract:
Title: Implementing In-Room Recycling on a Family Medical Center
Background:
Healthcare operations are estimated to generate up to 29lbs of waste per patient per day (Practice Greenhealth, 2022). Waste contributes significantly to healthcare’s carbon emissions, which in turn contributes to the growing climate crisis (Karliner et al., 2019, Healthcare Without Harm, 2019; World Health Organization, 2018). Diverting recyclable waste from healthcare operations will reduce healthcare’s total waste to landfill and waste related carbon emissions.
Recycling bin placement and contamination rates (the amount of items in recycling that should go to another waste stream) can impact recycling levels. Staff at …