A Charge Nurse Is Working on a Postpartum Unit and Discovers

question 18

Multiple Choice

A charge nurse is working on a postpartum unit and discovers that one of the patients 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 "the patient 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 patients were provided AM care. The assigned nurse has violated which ethical principle?

• A) Justice
• B) Truth
• C) Confidentiality
• D) Autonomy

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Definitions:

Annual Dividend

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Indefinitely

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