What Keeps the Nurse up at Night? Ethical Dilemmas Encountered in Everyday Practice

February 3, 2024February 3, 2024 Discipline: Nursing
There are many ethical dilemmas that nurses are faced with regardless of where they work or practice.  Unresolved ethical dilemmas can lead to moral distress, compassion fatigue, burnout, and other forms of psychological distress. 


Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. (2014, August 21). What Keeps Nurses Up At Night? (5:30 minutes). 

View What Keeps Nurses Up at Night (5:30 minutes) below to hear nurses from various practice areas describe ethical dilemmas that are meaningful to them: 

https://youtu.be/pOakDs41IsI

In your initial discussion post, please address the following questions, based on your readings and research:

  1. Describe an ethical dilemma you have encountered in your health care experiences that “kept you up at night” – something that weighed on your conscience, morals or values. 
  2. Identify what ethical principles relate to the situation you described. Refer to the following article. Click the link to read: Haddad, L.M, & Geiger R. A. Nursing ethical considerations. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls PublishingLinks to an external site.
  3. Describe how you would use the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for NursesLinks to an external site to help you resolve the ethical dilemma.

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