Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Cynda Hylton Rushton, lead author of Moral Distress: A Catalyst in Building Moral Resilience.

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Cynda Hylton Rushton, lead author of Moral Distress: A Catalyst in Building Moral Resilience.

Published: June 21, 2016, 3:56 p.m.

b'Moral distress is a pervasive problem in the nursing profession. An inability to act in alignment with one\\u2019s moral values is detrimental not only to the nurse\\u2019s well-being but also to patient care and clinical practice as a whole. AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Cynda Hylton Rushton, who wrote about the concept and prevalence of moral distress in nursing, and how it can lead to moral resilience.'