Amy Haddad, RN, PhD
The author is a member of the RN editorial board a a widely recognized ethicist. She is a professor at the Center for Health Policy and Ethics at Creighton University in Omaha. She is the co-author of Ethical Dilemmas in Perioperative Nursing, Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health Care, and The Arduous Touch: Voices of Women in Health Care. |
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Case: How nurses can prioritize care
August 1, 2008
By: Amy Haddad, RN, PhD
The decisions nurses make to prioritize cases are essentially ethical questions about patient care and human needs. |
Covering up for a colleague
January 1, 2008
By: Amy Haddad, RN, PhD
Personal responsibility for the incompetent conduct of others is limited by the duty to protect patients' interests. Does the careless colleague clearly realize that she is failing to meet the standard of professional conduct? Has she been properly oriented to her position? The answers to these questions may well determine whether you and others hold her responsible. |
The final word?
August 1, 2007
By: Amy Haddad, RN, PhD
Must we comply with an advance directive if it appears to conflict with the patient's best interests? |
Ethics in Action
September 1, 2006
By: Amy Haddad, RN, PhD
Telling patients the truth. |
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