Michael D Dahnke

Michael D. Dahnke, PhD, is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Society and Doctoral Nursing Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia. Dr. Dahnke's PhD is in Philosophy (2002). His areas of specialty include Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Film, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy. He has taught a wide range of philosophy and ethics courses, including: Health Care Ethics, Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care, Moral Philosophy, and...See more

Michael D. Dahnke, PhD, is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Society and Doctoral Nursing Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia. Dr. Dahnke's PhD is in Philosophy (2002). His areas of specialty include Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Film, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy. He has taught a wide range of philosophy and ethics courses, including: Health Care Ethics, Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care, Moral Philosophy, and Health & Vulnerable Populations. Dr. Dahnke has taught NURS 700: "Philosophy of Natural & Social Science: Foundations for Inquiry into the Discipline of Nursing" in Drexel University's DrNP program for 6 years, since the inception of the course. He has developed and revised this course and has a great appreciation for the kinds of concepts and principles that are particularly germane to the critical thinking development of a doctoral nursing student. He is the author of "Film, Art, and Filmart: An Introduction to Aesthetics through Film" (Univ Press of America/2007), a chapter in Lachman, Applied Ethics in Nursing (LWW/2005) and 'The Role of the ANA Code of Ethics in Ethical Decision Making' in the journal "Holistic Nursing Practice" (2009). He recently presented at the 2008 International Nursing Ethics Conference at Yale University and at the 2009 DNP Conference at Hilton Head, SC. His work is becoming increasingly visible in scholarly nursing circles. See less