What Is the Result When a Nurse Believes That a Course

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is the result when a nurse believes that a course of action is correct, but is prevented (e.g., through a law or policy) from carrying out that action or influencing the decision, resulting in feelings of guilt?

• A) An ethical dilemma
• B) Moral distress
• C) Ethical reasoning
• D) Moral irresponsibility

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Definitions:

Actor-Observer Effect

A psychological phenomenon in which people tend to attribute their own actions to situational factors while attributing other people's actions to their internal characteristics.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to explain someone's behavior based on internal factors, such as personality or disposition, while underestimating external factors.

Locus of Causality

The perceived source of control over events in an individual's life, internal or external to oneself.

Counterfactual Thinking

The psychological process of imagining alternative outcomes to events that have already occurred, often starting with "what if" questions.