Moral distress is the psychological experience of knowing what the right thing to do is, but being unable to act (CMA, 2020, pg. 1). It is a common experience in healthcare, as patients lives and health outcomes are shaped by complex systems that are largely incomprehensible without insider knowledge. Nurses are in a unique positionContinue reading “How will climate change cause moral distress?”
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Why Nurses Should Care About Climate Change
“Unprecedented, irreversible, crisis.” These are the words that headlines are relying on to communicate the risk that climate change is posing to humanity. Even so, it can be difficult to fathom how it will affect our everyday lives and society as a whole. How will climate change affect health care and why should nurses specificallyContinue reading “Why Nurses Should Care About Climate Change”
Healthcare is eating itself
An unexpected benefit from the forced move to digitized healthcare has been an opportunity to address carbon emissions in healthcare. Mask mandates and fear of unwittingly transferring germs into one’s mouth caused a whole new form of garbage in the use of civilian disposable medical face masks. Fast food chains and restaurants everywhere reverted backContinue reading “Healthcare is eating itself”
The Avery Spectacle 