Policy & Procedure

Healthcare ethics help guide and influence the way physicians, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team care for patients and make decisions.

Nursing has been consistently lauded as the most trusted profession, but it has a dirty secret: As colleagues and employees, nurses often do not receive the same care and kindness they give to patients.

In The PEACE Model Evidence-Based Practice Guide for Clinical Nurses, authors Reynaldo R. Rivera and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick provide a road map to model implementation.

Nurse retention is directly correlated to healthcare outcomes, and nurse turnover has a negative, multidimensional effect on healthcare organizations. Improving Nurse Retention & Healthcare Outcomes will help clinical nurses understand how to elevate nurse retention.

The facilitator guide for Ethical Case Studies for Advanced Practice Nurses provides questions to assist in facilitating discussion in the classroom. Prior to class, students can read the case study and be prepared to respond to each of the steps. The case studies are from real-life situations that require thoughtful critical analysis.