Transforming Nurses’ Moral Suffering by Cultivating Moral Resilience

Author(s): Rushton Cynda Hylton

Contact Hours 2.30

CERP C 2.30

Expires Dec 31, 2026

Topics: Moral Distress

Role: Staff

Fees
Member: Free
NonMember: $20.00

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Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Moral suffering occurs when nurses cause harm to those in their care, witness trusted colleagues cross a line, meet violence at work or feel betrayed by healthcare systems or society. These disorienting realities can undermine nurses’ identity, integrity and wellbeing. Using experiential practices, the sources and consequences of moral suffering, the learner discovers strategies to cultivate moral resilience in order to buffer the detrimental impact and empower nurses to restore their integrity and wellbeing.

Objectives

  • Define moral suffering and its dimensions, prevalence and common sources in healthcare.
  • Describe the components of moral resilience and its application to critical care nursing practice.
  • Apply promising practices to cultivate moral resilience in response to situations of moral adversity in critical care.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

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Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.