University of Virginia School of Nursing.

Ann Hamric, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor of Nursing
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities

Department: Acute & Specialty Care

Office: McLeod 5007
Phone: (434) 924-0112
Email: abh4f@virginia.edu
Fax: (434) 982-1809
Administrative Assistant: Renee Breeden

Bio Sketch:
Dr. Ann Hamric received her BSN from Vanderbilt University, her MS in medical-surgical nursing from the University of California at San Francisco and her PhD in nursing with a concentration in ethics from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. She has worked as a staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, nursing administrator and educator.
Dr. Hamric has served as senior editor for 6 books on advanced practice nursing: two editions of The Clinical Nurse Specialist in Theory and Practice, and Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, which she edited with Judith Spross and Charlene Hanson; the fouth edition of this book will be published in 2008. She is an active national and international speaker and author on issues related to advanced practice nursing. In addition, she has served on national Task Forces related to advanced practice nursing, most recently the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Task Force on the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree Essentials.
In the area of ethics, Dr. Hamric has served on four interdisciplinary ethics committees beginning in 1975, and currently is a member of UVA’s Ethics Committee. In addition to her work with the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, she serves on the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Practical Ethics at the University of Virginia. Her research deals with moral reasoning and moral behavior of health care providers, ethical issues in research, and the phenomenon of moral distress.

Teaching Focus:
Advanced Practice Nursing, Research Ethics, Nursing Ethics

Research Focus:
Moral Distress and ethical behavior of healthcare providers, research integrity and research ethics, and advanced practice nursing role issues.

Recent Publications

2007

Journal Article

Nurse-physician perspectives on the care of dying patients in intensive care units: collaboration, moral distress, and ethical climate

2006

Journal Article

The courage to stand up: the cultural politics of nurses' access to ethics consultation

Moral distress in health care professionals.

2005

Book, Whole

Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach

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Recent Awards And Honors

• Substantive Contribution to Nursing Ethics Affinity Group for Nursing
• Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
• Invited Faculty, Seven Society 16th Monticello Dinner Series
• Faculty Leadership Award
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Recent Presentations

• “Moral Courage: Risky Business?” – Keynote Address, 15th Annual Ethics of Caring Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Also presented breakout session, “What is Moral Distress and What Can We Do About It?” (2008)
• “Identifying and Addressing Moral Distress: Strategies for Leaders” (2008)
• Clarifying and Strengthening Advanced Practice Nursing (2006)
• Advanced Practice Nursing (2006)
• Nurses’ Access to Ethics Consultation: An Issue of Moral Courage? with Elisa Gordon (2006)
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Recent Service

• Chair Academic Affairs Cmte, Faculty Senate
• Community Service, Participant UVA Day of Caring
• Lead Facilitator, Conversations in Clinical Ethics
• President, Board of Directors Patient Access Network Foundation
• Manuscript Reviewer
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