Beth Epstein, PhD, RN, HEC-C, FAAN

Beth Epstein, PhD, RN, HEC-C, FAAN, is a co-investigator with the research project on rural and urban clinician well-being. In this role, she will provide input related to the moral distress and nursing staff aspects of the study. She will assist in conducting focus groups and contextual inquiry with clinicians, especially at the rural hospitals, and will be part of the data analyses. Dr. Epstein is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Programs in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia (UVA). She is recognized nationally and internationally for her work in bioethics, particularly moral distress. She teaches ethics and pharmacology in the School of Nursing, is a core member of the Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, and is an affiliate faculty member of the UVA Jewish Studies Department. Dr. Epstein directs the UVA Health System’s moral distress consult service, a hospital-wide intervention to address moral distress and is a member of the ethics consult service. Along with colleagues from 6 healthcare organizations across the country, she launched the Moral Distress Consultation Collaborative in 2020 with the purpose of furthering research in moral distress and ethics and developing best practices for moral distress consultation.