A Nurse Makes a Medication Error And, Even Though It

question 3

Multiple Choice

A nurse makes a medication error and, even though it does not cause any adverse reaction, she tells the patient about this error and apologizes. This is an example of which ethical principle?

• A) Justice
• B) Fidelity
• C) Veracity
• D) Beneficence

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Definitions:

Ethene

A colorless flammable gas (C2H4), the simplest alkene, acting as a fundamental building block in the petrochemical industry.

pKa

A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution, reflecting its dissociation into a proton and an anion.

Bell Shaped Distribution

A type of distribution which is symmetric and has its peak in the middle, commonly associated with the normal distribution.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a dataset, indicating how much the values in the set deviate from the mean.