Nurses and Industry: Conflict or Collaboration?
Authors: Connie M. Ulrich, Christine Grady
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

Editorials7 June 2016Nurses and Industry: Conflict or Collaboration?Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN and Christine Grady, PhD, RNConnie M. Ulrich, PhD, RNFrom University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.Search for more papers by this author and Christine Grady, PhD, RNFrom University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M16-0707 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Registered nurses are integral members of health care teams in hospitals and other health care settings. As such, they play a pivotal role in the moral endeavors of health care and in the business of health care delivery. The nurses' primary commitment is to the patient, family, or community (1), but similar to their physician colleagues, their daily responsibilities are broad: They interact with many other individuals and are not immune to potential conflicts of interest within their work environments. Nurses also often serve as “gatekeepers” or intermediaries between institutions and industry partners and patients and families in determining whether ...References1. American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association; 2015. Google Scholar2. Grundy Q, Bero LA, Malone RE. Marketing and the most trusted profession: the invisible interactions between registered nurses and industry. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:733-9. doi:10.7326/M15-2522 LinkGoogle Scholar3. Meslin EM, Rager JB, Schwartz PH, Quaid KA, Gaffney MM, Duke J, et al. Benchmarks for ethically credible partnerships between industry and academic health centers: beyond disclosure of financial conflicts of interest. Clin Transl Med. 2015;4:36. [PMID: 26668063] doi:10.1186/s40169-015-0077-y CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Rosenbaum L. Conflicts of interest: part 1: Reconnecting the dots—reinterpreting industry-physician relations. N Engl J Med. 2015;372:1860-4. [PMID: 25946288] doi:10.1056/NEJMms1502493 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Steinbrook R. Physician-industry relations–will fewer gifts make a difference? N Engl J Med. 2009;360 6 557-9. doi:10.1056/NEJMp0900143 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Grady C, Danis M, Soeken KL, O'Donnell P, Taylor C, Farrar A, et al. Does ethics education influence the moral action of practicing nurses and social workers? Am J Bioeth. 2008;8:4-11. [PMID: 18576241] doi:10.1080/15265160802166017 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Hall P, Weaver L. Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road. Med Educ. 2001;35:867-75. [PMID: 11555225] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Jutel A, Menkes DB. Soft targets: nurses and the pharmaceutical industry. PLoS Med. 2008;5:e5. [PMID: 18254652] doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050005 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.Disclaimer: The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the positions or polices of the National Institutes of Health or the Department of Health and Human Services.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M16-0707.Corresponding Author: Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail: [email protected]upenn.edu.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Ulrich: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104.Dr. Grady: National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892.This article was published at www.annals.org on 5 April 2016. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoMarketing and the Most Trusted Profession: The Invisible Interactions Between Registered Nurses and Industry Quinn Grundy , Lisa A. Bero , and Ruth E. Malone Metrics 7 June 2016Volume 164, Issue 11Page: 773-774KeywordsConflicts of interestHealth careNursesNursing educationPatientsPerceptionQualitative studiesResearch reporting guidelinesSafetyTreatment guidelines ePublished: 7 June 2016 Issue Published: 7 June 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...