Ethical Conflicts Reported by Certified Registered Rehabilitation Nurses

Abstract

And the District of Columbia were analyzed according to four themes. Disagreements about medical or institutional practice, patients’ rights, and payment issues were the most frequent practice contexts for ethical conflicts, reflecting these nurses’ considerable underlying concerns about resource allocation in rehabilitation practice. Participants believed that 60% of the ethical conflicts were resolved, frequently through discussions with other team members and patients’ family members. Ethics committees and consultants were used infrequently. There were no statistically significant relationships between the kinds of conflicts or their resolution and the participants’ demographic, educational, and practice-setting variables. University of Connecticut School of Nursing, 231 Glenbrook Road, U-26, Room 113, Storrs, CT 06269-2026 Barbara Redman is a dean and professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing in Storrs, CT. Sara T. Fry is the Henry R. Luce professor of nursing ethics at Boston College School of Nursing in Chestnut Hill, MA. © 1998 Association of Rehabilitation Nurses....