Karen Jones MS, RNC-NIC
Clinical Nurse Ethicist
email: karen.jones@childrenscolorado.org
phone: 720-777-8794
Karen’s clinical background for the past 35 years has been the in neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Colorado(CHCO), where she worked both as a bedside nurse and in a leadership role. During this time, she encountered many ethical issues in the care of patients and families prompting her to join the CHCO Ethics Liaison and CHCO Ethics consult service and ultimately to obtain a Master of Science in Healthcare Ethics.
Her work in the NICU has centered around mitigating moral distress with the development of a Palliative Care resource team and pre-delivery team meetings for patients with complex and uncertain prognosis. She participates in ethics education, consultation, policy review and development for Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Education
BSN, Nazareth College, Kalamazoo, MI
MS in Health Care Ethics, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Interests
Clinical Ethics Consultation
Shared decision making in Pediatric Ethics
Moral Distress and Moral Agency
Interdisciplinary teamwork and professionalism