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Original Publication:

Heinze KE, Hanson G, Holtz H, Swoboda S, & Rushton CH. (2020). Measuring Healthcare Inter-Professionals’ Moral Resilience: Validation of the Rushton Moral Resilience Scale. Journal of Palliative Medicine. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jpm.2020.0328

RMRS-16 (version 2)

Rushton, C. H., Hanson, G. C., Boyce, D., Holtz, H., Nelson, K. E., Spilg, E. G., & Robillard, R. (2023). Reliability and validity of the revised Rushton Moral Resilience Scale-16 for healthcare workers. Journal of advanced nursing, 80(3), 1177–1187. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15873

Below publications using the RMRS

Bergman, A.,Nelson, K., Boyce, D., Hansen, G., Reina, M., Rushton, C. (2024)Moral resilience and Moral injury of nurse leaders during crisis situations: A Qualitative descriptive analysis.  Nursing Management.55(12):16-26.doi: 10.1097/nmg.0000000000000196.

Rushton, C., Nelson, K, Bergman, A., Boyce, D., Jenkins, C., Swoboda, S., Hansen, G. (2024) Perceived Organizational Effectiveness during a Public Health Crisis and Moral Wellness among Nurse Leaders: A Cross-Sectional Study,” Journal of Nursing Management, https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/6808266.

Weissinger, G. M., Swavely, D., Holtz, H., Brewer, K. C., Alderfer, M., Lynn, L., Yoder, A., Adil, T., Wasser, T., Cifra, D., & Rushton, C. (2024). Critical Care Nurses’ Moral Resilience, Moral Injury, Institutional Betrayal, and Traumatic Stress After COVID-19. American Journal of Critical Care, 33(2), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2024481

Holtz HK, Weissinger GM, Swavely D, et al. The long tail of COVID-19: Implications for the future of emergency nursing. J Emerg Nurs 2023;49(2):198-209. 10.1016/j.jen.2022.10.006

Kovanci MS, Ozbas AA. Examining the effect of moral resilience on moral distress. Nurs Ethics 2023;online ahead of print. 10.1177/09697330231177420

van Schaik MV, Pasman HR, Widdershoven G, et al. CURA-An ethics support instrument for nurses in palliative care. Feasibility and perceived outcomes. HEC Forum 2023;35(2):139-159. 10.1007/s10730-021-09456-6

Albaqawi H, Alrashidi MS. Perceived stress and its relationship to moral resilience among nurses in the Hail Region, Saudi Arabia. Makara J Health Res 2022;26(3):159-164. 10.7454/msk.v26i3.1370

Nelson KE, Hanson GC, Boyce, D, et al. Organizational impact on health care workers’ moral injury during COVID-19: A mixed-methods analysis. J Nurs Adm 2022;52(1):57-66. 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001103 

Quigg L. Evaluating a brief mindfulness-based self-care intervention on critical care nurses’ resilience and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Doctoral dissertation]. Los Angeles, CA: University of California – Los Angeles; 2022.

Rushton CH, Nelson KE, Antonsdottir I, et al. Perceived organizational effectiveness, moral injury, and moral resilience among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis. Nurs Manage 2022;53(7):12-22. 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000834524.01865.cc

Rushton CH, Thomas TA, Antonsdottir IM, et al. Moral Injury and Moral Resilience in Health Care Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic. J Palliat Med 2022;25(5):712–719. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2021.0076

Spilg E, Rushton CH, Phillips J, et al. The new frontline: Exploring the links between moral distress, moral resilience, and mental health in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, BMC Psychiatry 2022;22(19):1-12.   https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03637-w

Swavely D, Romig B, Weissinger G, et al. The impact of traumatic stress, resilience, and threats to core values on nurses during a pandemic. J Nurs Adm 2022;52(10):525-535. 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001194

Antonsdottir I, Rushton CH, Nelson KE et al. Burnout and moral resilience in interprofessional healthcare professionals. J Clin Nurs 2021;31(1-2):196-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15896

Thomas TA, Davis FD, Kumar S, et al. COVID-19 and moral distress: A pediatric critical care survey. Am J Crit Care 2021;30(6):e80-e98. 10.4037/ajcc2021999

Related publications

Rushton, C. H. (Author & Ed) (2024) Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare: 2nd Edition New York: Oxford University Press. https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Resilience-Transforming-Suffering-Healthcare-dp-0197667147/dp/0197667147/

    Rushton, C. (2023) Transforming moral suffering by cultivating moral resilience and ethical practice. American Journal of Critical Care.  32 (4): 238–248.https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2023207