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A Charge Nurse Is Working on a Postpartum Unit and Discovers

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A charge nurse is working on a postpartum unit and discovers that one of the clients did not receive AM care during her shift assessment. The charge nurse questions the nurse assigned to provide care and finds out that the nurse thought that "the client should just do it by herself because she will have to do this at home." On further questioning of the nurse, it is determined that the rest of her assigned clients were provided AM care. The assigned nurse has violated which ethical principle?


Definitions:

Change-of-Shift Report

A communication process in healthcare where outgoing staff transfer important patient information to incoming staff at the end of a shift.

Focused Charting

A method of documentation used in nursing that concentrates on specific issues, concerns, or conditions in patient care.

Acronym

A word formed from the initial letters of other words, often used as a shorthand for complex terms or phrases.

Applied Oxygen

The provision of supplemental oxygen to individuals to improve oxygenation of tissues, often used in medical treatments.

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