13 10, 2017

World Sight Day 2017

2017-10-13T00:00:00-04:00October 13, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect for the Dicastery from Promoting Integral Human Development, message on October 12, 2017 for the 30th Annual World Sight Day. Read full message here. "The celebration of the 30th World Sight Day, promoted by the World Health Organisation, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and the World Blind Union, which takes place on 12 October 2017, is for me an opportunity to address a fraternal and cordial greeting to all those in the world who are engaged in the fight against blindness."

12 09, 2017

Catholic Nurses Comments to ANA

2017-09-12T00:00:00-04:00September 12, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

NACN-USA Comments regarding the draft ANA Position Statement "A Call to Action: Cultivating Moral Resilience and A Culture of Ethical Practice" The ANA received comment on its draft revision on their position on the Cultivating Moral Resilience and A Culture of Ethical Practice. Carolyn Laabs, PhD, MA, FNP-BC, RNChair, Ethics & Spirituality Committee Thank you Carolyn Laabs, PhD, MA, FNP-BC, RN (Chair) and the Ethics and Spirituality Committee for formulating our comments. Read the NACN-USA comments on the ANA Position on Cultivating Moral Resilience and A Culture of [...]

6 09, 2017

Passage of Conscience Protection Act of 2017

2017-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

NACN-USA Joins the USCCB and 32 other Organizations in a Joint Letter to Congress to Urge the Passage of Conscience Protection Act of 2017 The National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A. joined the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and thirty-two other major pro-life, religious, and health care organizations on September 6 urging the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to pass the Conscience Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 644/S. 301). Signatories include numerous medical groups representing tens of thousands of health care professionals who object to abortion and are [...]

25 08, 2017

Petition to Supreme Court to End Surrogacy Contracts

2017-08-25T00:00:00-04:00August 25, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

NACN-USA petitions US Supreme Court to End Surrogacy Contracts which Treat the Child as a Commodity Similar to Human Trafficking The National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A. has joined other organizations, respectful of human life and the dignity of human procreation, in filing a friend of the court (Amicus) brief to the US Supreme Court demonstrating the detrimental effects on the child, and the vulnerable gestational mother, of Surrogacy Contracts. The goal is to have such contracts declared unconstitutional. Read Amicus brief

5 08, 2017

UN to Exclude Right to Life of Unborn

2017-08-05T00:00:00-04:00August 5, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

United Nations Human Rights Committee proposes to exclude the Unborn from a Right to Life The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) has composed a draft of a General Comment to Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Article 6 addresses the Right to Life. The UN HRC is inviting comments on this draft.  A major concern of this draft is that it clearly excludes the unborn from a right to life and, thus, imposes a worldwide right to abortion. Read the UN-HRC Draft Comments [...]

30 07, 2017

Opposing Assisted Suicide in AMA

2017-07-30T00:00:00-04:00July 30, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

NACN-USA Urges AMA not to change their policy of opposition to assisted suicide Carolyn Laabs, PhD, MA, FNP-BC, RNChair, Ethics & Spirituality Committee Carolyn Laabs, PhD, MA, FNP-BC, RN Chair, Ethics & Spirituality Committee In June 2016, at the annual meeting, the 540 members of the American Medical Association (AMA) house of delegates, representing all facets of the house of medicine, voted to ask the board of trustees to study the issue of physician assisted suicide. The board has referred the item to the AMA Council on Ethical [...]

10 07, 2017

CICIAMS Ethics Committee News

2017-07-10T00:00:00-04:00July 10, 2017|Educational Programs, In The News, News, Resources|

Dr. Marie T. Hilliard, MS, MA, JCL, PhD, RN Chair, CICIAMS Ethics Committee A Catholic health care worker has a unique vocational call. Among all the functions carried out on behalf of our ministry, for which each of us has been commissioned by our baptism, the most important vocational call of this ministry is that of accompaniment. Pope Francis often has spoken of this obligation. When speaking to the bishops of Brazil while in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day in 2013, Pope Francis [addressing the plight of refugees] [...]

8 07, 2017

Life of Charlie Gard

2017-07-08T00:00:00-04:00July 8, 2017|In The News, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

The NACN-USA Shares the Concerns of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) for Charlie Gard and His Parents NCBC Statement on the Charlie Gard Case The NCBC statement reminds us to look to the teachings of the Catholic Church for guidance. This is excellent advice. They can be found, for example, in the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services and in papal documents such as Evangelium Vitae, as well as in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. As the NCBC states, cases that rely on media reports, [...]

6 07, 2017

Ethical Responsibility to Manage Pain and Suffering

2017-07-06T00:00:00-04:00July 6, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

NACN-USA Comments regarding the draft ANA Position Statement on The Ethical Responsibility to Manage Pain and Suffering Carolyn Laabs, PhD, MA, FNP-BC, RNChair, Ethics & Spirituality Committee The ANA received comment on its draft revision on their position on the Ethical Responsibility to Management Pain and Suffering. Thank you Carolyn Laabs, PhD, MA, FNP-BC, RN (Chair) and the Ethics and Spirituality Committee for formulating our comments. Read the NACN-USA comments on the ANA Position on the Ethical Responsibility to Manage Pain and Suffering.

4 07, 2017

2017 Convocation of Catholic Leaders

2017-07-04T00:00:00-04:00July 4, 2017|In The News, Integration Of Faith And Health, News, Patient Advocacy, Resources|

USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders The Joy of the Gospel in America July 1-4, 2017, Orlando, Florida The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops convened an unprecedented gathering of key leaders from dioceses and Catholic organizations from across the country in order to assess the challenges and opportunities of our time, particularly in the context of the Church in the United States. The gathering assembled Catholic leaders for a strategic conversation, under the leadership of the bishops, on forming missionary disciples to animate the Church and to engage the culture. [...]

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