TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethics Committees
T2 - Team Perspectives and Organizational Responses
AU - McCarty, Catherine A.
AU - Barnes, Robert
AU - Thomas, Monica
AU - Sande, Jonathan
AU - Ouellette, Annette
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Healthcare ethics committees can be valuable resources but are largely underutilized by nurses. The purpose of this project was to review ethics concerns and educational needs of nurses in a large, integrated healthcare delivery system. Seven themes were identified: organizational issues, nonbeneficial care, withdrawing life-sustaining therapies, discharge disposition, challenging patients and families, communication with physicians, and capacity versus competence. A process was then developed to better engage nurses in ethical discussions.
AB - Healthcare ethics committees can be valuable resources but are largely underutilized by nurses. The purpose of this project was to review ethics concerns and educational needs of nurses in a large, integrated healthcare delivery system. Seven themes were identified: organizational issues, nonbeneficial care, withdrawing life-sustaining therapies, discharge disposition, challenging patients and families, communication with physicians, and capacity versus competence. A process was then developed to better engage nurses in ethical discussions.
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U2 - 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000582
DO - 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000582
M3 - Article
C2 - 30585882
SN - 0743-2550
VL - 36
SP - 180
EP - 184
JO - Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship
JF - Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship
IS - 3
ER -
