Joey Elizabeth Burke is a nurse ethicist at University of Kentucky and is a member of the clinical ethics consult team. She rounds throughout the hospital, especially I.C.U.’s, and leads ethics education conferences for multiple units. She is committed to creating opportunities for having conversations about ethical matters long before a formal consultation is needed. She has made presentations on the code of ethics in nursing, strategies for confronting medical misinformation, and moral distress for healthcare workers.  

Joey has nineteen years of bedside nursing experience in a pediatric acute care setting. Originally from Memphis Tennessee, Joey’s education background includes a bachelor's degree in psychology from Centre, College, ADN from Midway College, master's in nursing education from Indiana Wesleyan University, and MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Kentucky University.