Nursing Ethics Network (NEN)

Purposes and Functions

The purposes of the Nursing Ethics Network are to:

Contribute to the dissemination and utilization of ethics knowledge through educational and consultative services.
Provide a forum for the identification and exploration of ethical issues in health care related to nursing practice, education, and health policy.
Establish, disseminate, and periodically revise an agenda of nursing ethics research priorities that both anticipates and responds to ethical issues encountered by nurses in their work with patients, families, and communities in a changing health care environment.
Serve as a resource for the development and implementation of clinical, educational, and research initiatives in nursing ethics.

The Nursing Ethics Network is currently undertaking:

Development of nursing ethics research and education priorities
Investigation of opportunities for organizational support and linkages that would facilitate the mission and purposes of the Nursing Ethics Network.
Provision of on-line resource support for ethical issues.

The Nursing Ethics Network has completed:

A multi-state study of ethical issues and ethics knowledge needs of nurses in clinical practice.