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For the Nurse Who Feels Alone: Nursing Ethics, Wholeness of Character, Advocacy, and Conscience in Practice
In this powerful Nursing Ethics episode, Jodi O’Malley and Nurse Tori Jensen speak directly to the healthcare worker who feels alone. Together, they unpack moral courage, wholeness of character, advocacy, conscience, and the emotional cost of standing firm when institutional pressure collides with ethical conviction. This episode offers nurses both encouragement and practical ethical reflection for real-world practice.
Learning Objectives:
After this CNE activity, the learner will be able to:
Identify at least two sources of moral distress or ethical isolation experienced by nurses in contemporary healthcare settings.
Describe the concept of wholeness of character and its relationship to ethical nursing practice.
Differentiate between professional compliance and ethically grounded advocacy.
Recognize how conscience conflicts and institutional pressure can affect nursing integrity and patient advocacy.
Reflect on one practical way to remain ethically grounded when facing workplace pressure or moral tension.
Earn 1.0 CNE with RighteousRN LLC
For the Nurse Who Feels Alone: Nursing Ethics, Wholeness of Character, Advocacy, and Conscience in Practice
In this powerful Nursing Ethics episode, Jodi O’Malley and Nurse Tori Jensen speak directly to the healthcare worker who feels alone. Together, they unpack moral courage, wholeness of character, advocacy, conscience, and the emotional cost of standing firm when institutional pressure collides with ethical conviction. This episode offers nurses both encouragement and practical ethical reflection for real-world practice.
Learning Objectives:
After this CNE activity, the learner will be able to:
Identify at least two sources of moral distress or ethical isolation experienced by nurses in contemporary healthcare settings.
Describe the concept of wholeness of character and its relationship to ethical nursing practice.
Differentiate between professional compliance and ethically grounded advocacy.
Recognize how conscience conflicts and institutional pressure can affect nursing integrity and patient advocacy.
Reflect on one practical way to remain ethically grounded when facing workplace pressure or moral tension.
Course Faculty
Jodi O’Malley, MSN, RN
Founder of NursesOutLoud and Righteous RN, LLC. Jodi is a nurse, speaker, author, and nursing ethics educator focused on moral courage, professional integrity, patient advocacy, and conscience-centered nursing practice.
Featuring: Tori Jensen, BSN, RN, RD
Registered nurse and registered dietitian who has spoken publicly on healthcare conscience issues, religious liberty, and the ethical challenges facing nurses and other healthcare workers in today’s clinical environment.
Key Topics Covered
Nursing ethics in real-world practice
Wholeness of character
Conscience in nursing
Moral distress and ethical fatigue
Advocacy and activism
Professional integrity
Religious liberty and conscience protections
Institutional pressure and ethical conflict
Encouragement for nurses experiencing isolation
Why This Matters
Nurses are often told to advocate, but many are never taught what advocacy costs when systems resist truth. They are taught professionalism, but not always how to remain whole when pressured to divide their values from their practice. This episode addresses that gap.
For nurses who have felt discouraged, isolated, or burdened by what they have seen, this activity offers both ethical insight and personal encouragement.
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Jodi O’Malley, MSN, RN, founder of Nurses Out Loud is a long-standing provider of accredited Nursing Continuing Professional Development through the Kansas State Board of Nursing (Provider #LT 0345-1225)
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Jodi O’Malley, MSN, RN, founder of Nurses Out Loud is a long-standing provider of accredited Nursing Continuing Professional Development through the Kansas State Board of Nursing (Provider #LT 0345-1225)
Want to Do More?
For monthly donor options, sponsor recognition, or collaboration inquiries, email us at: [email protected]
Thank you for standing with us.
Let’s keep the volume up — together.