Moral Resilience

Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing, with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. A founding member of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Dr. Rushton co-chairs the Johns Hopkins Hospital's Ethics Committee and Consultation Service. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, a Hasting's Center Fellow and author of over 250 journal articles and scholarly book chapters. She is co-creator of the Rushton Moral Resilience Scale-16 (RMRS-16).

Introduction, Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 1. Moral Suffering: A Reality of Clinical Practice, Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 2. What is Moral Distress? Understanding Context, Sources, and Consequences, Alisa Carse, Tessy Thomas, and Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 3. Mapping the Path of Moral Adversity, Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 4. Integrity: The Anchor for Moral Resilience, Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 5. The Many Faces of Resilience, Cynda Hylton Rushton and Meredith Mealer
Chapter 6. Conceptualizing Resilience, Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 7. Cultivating Essential Capacities for Moral Resilience, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Albert Kaszniak, PhD, and Joan S. Halifax
Chapter 8. Strategies to Restore Integrity, Cynda Hylton Rushton
Chapter 9: Building the Evidence Base for Moral Resilience, Katie Nelson, Heidi Holtz, Katherine Brewer, and Katherine Heinze
Chapter 10. Designing Sustainable Systems for Ethical Practice, Cynda Hylton Rushton and Monica Sharma
Chapter 11. Creating a Culture of Moral Resilience and Ethical Practice, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Monica Sharma, Katherine Brewer, and Heather Fitzgerald
Afterword. A Closing Word: A Vision for the Future, Cynda Hylton Rushton