Nursing Ethics, Third Edition
Across the Curriculum and Into Practice

Janie B. Butts, DSN, RN-Professor, The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Nursing, Mississippi

Janie B. Butts is Professor at The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and teaches classroom and online nursing courses at the doctoral, master's, and baccalaureate levels. Courses include ethics, advanced theory, advanced practice issues, professional development, research, and professional nursing practice. Dr. Butts is a co-author of this ethics book and another book titled Philosophies and Theories in Advanced Nursing Practice, which recently received a 2011 AJN Book of the Year award. Journal articles and book chapters include various topics on ethics, her research, education, and professional issues. She reviews for top nursing journals and book companies. Dr. Butts' doctoral degree is from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with an emphasis in nursing education and nursing science, and her master's degree is from the University of Mississippi at the Medical Center, Jackson, with an emphasis in adult health nursing and nursing management. Since 2008, Dr. Butts has served in the capacity of Consultant Editor for Nursing Ethics journal, an international journal. Current specific research interests include death and dying ethical issues. The most recent research is a content analysis on adult sibling loss.

Karen L. Rich, PhD, RN-The University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, Mississippi

Karen Rich is an Associate Professor at The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing in Long Beach, Mississippi, and teaches classroom and online nursing courses at the doctoral, master's, and baccalaureate levels. Dr. Rich teaches ethics, public health, quality improvement, and research. She is the co-author of the book Philosophies and Theories in Advanced Nursing Practice, which recently received a 2011 AJN Book of the Year award. Journal articles and book chapters include various topics on ethics and academic and professional issues. She is a peer reviewer for top nursing journals and book companies. Dr. Rich’s doctoral degree is from The University of Southern Mississippi with an emphasis in ethics, and her master's degree with an emphasis in public health nursing and nursing management is from Louisiana State University’s Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She completed a post-master’s certificate in psychiatric-mental health nursing. Since 2008, Dr. Rich has served in the capacity of Consultant Editor for the international Nursing Ethics journal. Her scholarly interests include ethics with a specific emphasis in Eastern philosophy; virtue; ethics related to communicable diseases and pandemics, especially influenza; and ethics related to nursing student and faculty issues.