James Husted
Office Phone: (412) 396-6544 or 6551
E-mail: husted@duq.edu



BACKGROUND:

  1. Life long student of philosophy.
  2. Philosophy editor for Integra, publication of The International Legion of Intelligence.
  3. Expert in philosophy for Dial-An-M - information network of American Mensa.
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PRESENT POSITION:
Independent Scholar
Writer
Guest lecturer at Duquesne University School of
Nursing - BSN, MSN, and PhD programs
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AWARDS:
Book, Ethical Decision Making in Nursing, was selected by Nursing and Health Care's Notable Books of 1991 and 1995 "Selected List of Books and Journals" by Brandon and Hill.
Book appears in all 50 states and 20 countries.
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HONORS:
Invited to serve as a delegation member for the Philosophy Education Delegation to the People's Republic of China in September, 1993.
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ORGANIZATIONS:

  1. The International Legion of Intelligence (High I.Q. Society) Philosophy editor for Integra - Society's publication. Regional Director, 1987/88.
  2. Mensa (High I.Q. Society)
  3. Phi Kappa Phi
  4. American Philosophic Association
  5. Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
  6. Ass. for Informal Logic & Critical Thinking
  7. Society for Classical Realism
  8. North American Spinoza Society
  9. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
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CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES:
1997-1998 Consultant for the newly developed National Nursing Ethics Advisory Group for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Fall, 1993, &
Spring, 1994
Co-consultant for West Penn Hospital's Nursing Division regarding: developing a nursing ethics committee, educating management staff, providing a pamphlet to be utilized on each unit regarding "Bioethical Decision Making," and providing guidance to the Nursing Ethics Committee as needed.
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PUBLICATIONS:

Books:
2001 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1995).
Ethical decision making in nursing (3rd ed.). New York: Springer.
1995 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1995).
Ethical decision making in nursing (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
1991 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1991).
Ethical decision making in nursing. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.

Book Chapter:
1997 Husted, J. H., & Husted, G. L. (1998).
The role of the nurse in ethical decision making.
In G. DeLoughery (Ed.), Issues and trends in nursing, pp. 216-242. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.

Articles:
2000 Husted, J. H., & Husted, G. L. (2000)
When is a health care system not a health care system?: Suspending the do-not-resusutate order in the operating room. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, accepted Spring 2000
1999 Husted, J. H., & Husted, G. L. (1999)
Agreement: The origin of ethical action. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 22(3), 1-7.
1997 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1997). An ethical examination of in-vitro fertilization and cloning. AORN, 65(6), 1-2.
1997 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1997). Is cloning moral? Nursing and Health Care: Perspectives on Community, 18, 168-169.
1996 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1996), Ethical dilemmas: Time and fidelity. American Journal of Nursing, 96(11), 74.
1995 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1995). The bioethical standards: The analysis of dilemmas through the analysis of persons. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 1(2), 69-76.
Spring, 1995 Major script editing for Ethical Dilemmas and Decision Making. Part of Mosby's Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Video Series (Video based on Husteds' Ethical Decision Making in Nursing).
1993 Husted, J. H., & Husted, G. L. (1993). Personal and impersonal values in ethical decision making. The Journal of Home Health Nursing Practice, 5 (4), 59-65.
1984 Husted, J. H. (1984/85). Art, analogy, and access to the sense of life. The Free Philosopher Quarterly, 2(4), 106-108.
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Column - Regular Columnist for Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly (1997-1998) A Practice-Based Bioethic.
1998 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1998). With the ethical agreement: Where are you now? Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly,4(2), 34-35.
1998 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1998). Ethical balance versus ethical anomaly. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly,4(1), 51-53.
1998 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1998). Strength of character through the ethics of nursing. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 3(4), 23-25.
1997 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1997). A modest proposal concerning policies. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 3(3), 17-19.
1997 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1997). An Ethical defense against the plague of Cloning. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 3(2) , 82-84.
1997 Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (1997). Is a return to a caring perspective desirable? Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 3(1), 14 -17.
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SCHOLARLY PAPERS:
1988 Husted, J.H. (May, 1988). "Coherence Versus Correspondence." Synapse, 57, 10-13.
1988 Husted, J.H. (April, 1988). "A Theory of Music." Integra, P 7, 39-43.
1986 Husted, J.H. (Oct., 1986). "Existence, Necessity, and Existence." Synapse, 55, 2-7.
1985 Husted, J.H. (Feb., 1985). "Self Evident Premise." Integra, L 5, 12-14.
1984 Husted, J.H. (Aug./Sept., 1984). "Art Analogy and Access to the Sense of Life." Synapse, 45, 2-5.
1983 Husted, J.H. (Dec./Jan., 1983/84). "Chance Re- visited." Synapse, 42, 3-6.
1983 Husted, J.H. (Nov., 1983). "Causality." Integra, K 2, 9-11.
1983 Husted, J.H. (June, 1983). "Volition vs. Determinism." Integra, J 9, 16-17.
1983 Husted, J.H. (June/July, 1983). "More on Chance." Synapse, 37, 3-6.
1983 Husted, J.H. (Feb./March, 1983). "No Chance." Synapse, 36, 8-11.
1982 Husted, J.H. (Nov./Dec., 1982). "The Good vs. The Bad." Synapse, 3, 6-9.
1982 Husted, J.H. (July/Aug., 1982). "On the Question of the Excluded Middle." Synapse, 34, 5-9.
1982 Husted, J.H. (May/June, 1982). "Moral Obligation." Synapse, 33, 1-3.
1982 Husted, J.H. (March/April, 1982). "The Problem of Abortion: Can Ethics and Logic Amicably Abide Together." Synapse, 32, 2-3.
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PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
April 16, 1993 "The Ethics of Teaching Ethics" sponsored by the West Virginia Philosophic Society. Held at Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling, West Virginia. (Presented with Gladys L Husted.)
March 29, 1992 "External Relations in Ethics" sponsored by the West Virginia Philosophic Society. Held at Morgantown University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
October 25-26, 1991 "How Medicine Can Cure the Ethical Sickness of our Age" sponsored by the West Virginia Philosophic Society. Held at West Liberty State College, Wheeling, West Virginia. (Presented with Gladys L. Husted.)
March 27, 1987 "Spinoza's Conception of the Attributes of Substance" at the annual meeting of The American Catholic Philosophic Association held in Buffalo, New York.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - (1993-present):
May 7, 1999 *Co-presenter for an all-day conference on The Process of Ethical Decision Making, sponsored by The Veteran's Administration Hospital in Altoona, PA.
January 13, 1999 *Co-presenter for an all-day conference on The Process of Ethical Decision Making, sponsored by The Veteran's Administration Hospital in Aspinwall, PA.
October 5, 1998 *Co-presenter for an all-day conference on The Process of Ethical Decision Making, sponsored by Meadville Memorial Hospital, Meadville, PA.
September 30, 1998 *Co-presenter for an all-day conference on The Process of Ethical Decision Making, sponsored by Dunkirk Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, New York.
June 19, 1998 *Asked to do a two-part presentation at the National Convention of Health Ministers, held at Duquesne University. Husteds' Bioethical Theory is used by some Health Ministers as a decision making model.
September 12, 1997 Co-presenter for an all day conference on Ethical Decision Making and the Health Care Professional. Sponsored by the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport, PA.
April 3, 1997 Co-presenter for an all day conference on Ethics sponsored by the Maryland Cooperative Health Education Program for the Veterans' Administration Hospitals (CHEP). Held in Gaithersburg, WV.*
December 2, 1996 Co-presenter for a seminar on "The Rights of Research Subjects". Sponsored by the School of Nursing, Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA.
October 4, 1996 Co-presenter for an all day conference on "Ethical Challenges in Health Care' Sponsored by the Cooperative Health Education Program and the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia.*
September 27, 1996 Keynote co-speaker for the Twelfth Annual Research Conference held by the Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Tau Chapter of Rutgers College of Nursing, held in Iselin, New Jersey. Topic was: "A Theoretical Approach to Bioethical Decision Making".
September 19 & 20, 1996 Co-presenter for a half day and all day conference on "Ethical Decision Making in Health Care". Sponsored by the Cooperative Health Education Program and Ethics Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Togus, Maine.*
November 9 & 17 1995 Co-presenter for two all day workshops on "Ethical Dilemmas in Health Care" sponsored by the Lake Area Health Education Center held in Erie, PA and Altoona, PA.
March, 1995 Co-presenter on Bioethical Decision Making for students, faculty, and staff of Jameson School of Nursing and Jameson Hospital in New Castle, PA.
January 6, 1995 Co-presenter for two sessions (Transcultural Ethical Decision Making and Nursing as a Growth Experience) for Medical College of Pennsylvania in Orlando, Florida.
September 17, 1993 Co-presenter at a seminar for School of Nursing at St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital in Fox Chapel, PA, regarding "Teaching Bioethical Decision Making to Students."
June 13, & July, 17, 1993 Co-presenter of "The Ethics of Teaching Ethics" for the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Held in Arlington, VA and San Francisco, CA.
April 6, 1993 Co-presenter at a seminar for School of Nursing at St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital in Fox Chapel, PA, regarding "Teaching Bioethical Decision Making to Students."
March 19, 1993 Co-presenter of a seminar on "Ethical Decision Making for the Health Professional" sponsored by the Philosophy and Nursing Departments of Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling, WV.
March 16 & 17, 1993 Conducted four break-out sessions on "The Patient Self-Determination Act and Advance Directives." Ethics Conference sponsored by Children's Hospital, Magee Woman's Hospital, and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
January 12, 1993 Co-presenter of a seminar for the Visiting Nurses' Association of Uniontown, PA on "Ethical Decision Making for the Health Professional."
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