The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Heart Failure

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with heart failure resulting in irreversible kidney damage who decides to go home to die rather than accept hemodialysis.The nurse understands that the patient is practicing which ethical principle?

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

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Unemployment Statutes

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