Number 3: September 2010

Overview and Summary

• Overview and Summary: Moral Courage Amid Moral Distress: Strategies for Action
  Karen Iseminger, PhD, RN, FNP (September 30, 2010)

Articles

• Understanding and Addressing Moral Distress
  Elizabeth G. Epstein, PhD, RN; Sarah Delgado, MSN, RN ACNP-BC (September 30, 2010)
• Moral Courage in Healthcare: Acting Ethically Even in the Presence of Risk
  Colonel John S. Murray, PhD, RN, USAF, NC (September 30, 2010)
• Strategies Necessary for Moral Courage
  Vicki D. Lachman, PhD, MBE, APRN (September 30, 2010)
• Creating Workplace Environments that Support Moral Courage
  Cynthia Ann LaSala, MS, RN; Dana Bjarnason, PhD, RN, NE-BC (September 30, 2010)
• Moral Courage and the Nurse Leader
  Cole Edmonson, MS, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC (September 30, 2010)
• Moral Distress in Academia
  Kathryn M. Ganske, PhD, RN (September 30, 2010)

Articles on Previously Published Topics

• Improving Quality and Patient Safety by Retaining Nursing Expertise
  Karen S. Hill, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE (August 2, 2010)
• Educating Nursing Students about Health Literacy: From the Classroom to the Patient Bedside
  Kari Sand-Jecklin, EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC; Billie Murray, MSN, FNP-BC; Barbara Summers, MSN, RN; Joanne Watson MSN, RN (July 23, 2010)
• Electronic Personal Health Records That Promote Self-Management in Chronic Illness
  Beverly Mitchell, BScN, MSN, RN; Deborah L. Begoray, PhD (July 20, 2010)

Columns

• Ethics: Patients’ Rights and the Code of Nursing Ethics in Iran
  Tahmine Salehi, Msc, BSc in Nursing; Dehghan Nayeri, PhD, Msc, BSc; Reza Negarandeh, PhD, Msc, BSc (July 14, 2010)