Values-Aligned, Purpose-Driven Decision Making for Nurses
Lead with clarity. Act with integrity. Decide with confidence.
This 1.0 contact hour, on-demand course offers a practical path forward.
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You entered nursing to make a difference...
Yet in today’s complex healthcare environments, decisions are rarely simple. Competing demands, time pressure, ethical tensions, and organizational expectations can make it difficult to act in ways that fully reflect your professional values and personal integrity.
If you have ever felt uncertain, conflicted, or morally distressed about a decision you had to make, you are not alone.
This 1.0 contact hour, on-demand course offers a practical path forward.
What This Course Is Really About
Values-Aligned, Purpose-Driven Decision Making for Nurses helps you make decisions that reflect who you are and what you stand for — even in challenging circumstances.
Instead of reacting under pressure, you will learn how to make intentional choices that:
• strengthen confidence and clarity
• reduce moral distress and second-guessing
• support ethical, patient-centered care
• reinforce professional integrity
• sustain personal wellbeing
This is not about doing more.
It is about deciding with clarity, intention, and alignment.
The Hidden Strain Many Nurses Carry
Nurses make hundreds of decisions every shift — often with incomplete information, competing priorities, and limited time.
Over time, repeated value conflicts can lead to:
• moral distress and ethical fatigue
• burnout and disengagement
• erosion of trust within teams
• disconnection from purpose and meaning
The issue is not a lack of dedication.
The issue is making decisions without a clear internal compass.
The good news: clarity can be learned.
Course Experience
• One contact hour
• On-demand, self-paced webinar
• Recorded presentation with slides and guided reflection
• Downloadable workbook included
• Designed for clinical, academic, and leadership roles
Your Expertise Is Enough
This is not a motivational talk or a quick-fix solution.
It is a grounded, evidence-informed learning experience that:
• Gives language to what many nurses experience but cannot name
• Offers practical tools you can apply immediately
• Supports ethical clarity and professional integrity
• Strengthens resilience and sustainable practice
Imagine Leaving With...
✓ Greater clarity and confidence in decision-making
✓ Reduced second-guessing and moral distress
✓ Renewed connection to purpose and professional identity
✓ A practical framework you can use every day
Without This Clarity...
Decision fatigue, moral distress, and disconnection from purpose can quietly erode wellbeing and professional satisfaction over time.
Ready to Decide with Clarity and Integrity?
If you want to make decisions that reflect your values, strengthen your confidence, and support sustainable practice, this course will meet you where you are.
Enroll today for $29 and earn 1.0 contact hours.
1.0 Contact Hour For RNs, LPNs, APRNs:
Maureen Metzger is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.0 contact hours applicable for APRN, RN or LPN relicensure. Florida State Board of Nursing Provider Number: 50-53447.
Course Description:
A Clear, Evidence-Informed Framework
This course introduces the concept of a personal North Star — a constellation of values, strengths, purpose, and vision that can guide decision making at work and in life.
Grounded in nursing research, coaching practice, and real-world experience, the course provides a structured process to help you clarify what matters most and apply it in everyday decisions.
You will learn a simple, coaching-informed decision framework that supports clarity, alignment, and resilience.
What You Will Learn
In this 1.0 contact hour course, you will:
• Define your personal North Star and its role in decision making
• Identify core values and purpose using a structured reflection process
• Recognize how value misalignment contributes to moral distress and burnout
• Apply a practical 3-step decision model to real-world situations
• Evaluate decisions for alignment and learning
• Identify one decision you can approach differently immediately
"It's not the load that breaks you down.
It's the way you carry it."
Lena Horne
Meet Your Guide
Maureen Metzger, PhD, RN, is a nurse, educator, and professional coach with more than four decades of experience in healthcare.
Her clinical background includes extensive work with patients and families facing advanced chronic illness. She is a nurse scientist whose research focused on communication, decision-making, and interventions that empower individuals to participate meaningfully in care.
An award-winning educator and trusted coach to nurses, nurse leaders, and educators nationwide, Maureen integrates evidence-based practice, coaching psychology, and deep respect for the relational heart of nursing.
Her work is grounded in a simple belief: nurses deserve to thrive while doing meaningful work.
Contact her at [email protected]
