Moral Injury, Moral Resilience and the Work Environment: Associations and Implications for Nurses

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

ICU nurses care for critically ill patients at the boundary between life and death in high stress, high stakes environments with complex moral and ethical dimensions to the care. If nurses are involved with actions that violate their moral obligations, they may develop moral injury. This session describes the results of a cross-sectional survey study which examined the relationships between moral injury, moral resilience, and the work environment and discuss implications for practice.

Objectives

Describe potentially morally injurious events in critical care nursing practice.
Explain the relationships between moral injury, moral resilience and the healthy work environment.
Discuss how moral resilience may bolster nurses to build healthier work environments.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

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

Accreditation

The 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

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.