Cynda Rushton
Cynda H. Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Anna and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Dr. Cynda Hylton Rushton is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing, and co-chairs the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Ethics Committee and Consultation Service. In 2016, she co-led a national collaborative State of the Science Initiative: Transforming Moral Distress into Moral Resilience in Nursing and co-chaired the American Nurses Association professional issues panel that created A Call to Action: Exploring Moral Resilience Toward a Culture of Ethical Practice. Dr. Rushton is the recipient of three fellowships including a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellowship, a Kornfeld Fellowship in End-of-Life, Ethics, and Palliative Care, and a Mind and Life Institute Fellowship in Contemplative Science. She was a member of the National Academies of Medicine, Science and Engineering Committee that produced the report: Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-being. She is the editor and author of Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare. 

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