Which Situation Indicates a Conflict in Morality

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which situation indicates a conflict in morality?

• A) The nurse provides a terminally ill client a meal that includes foods that should be avoided but were requested.
• B) The nurse provides the mother of a dying neonate a cup of coffee in the intensive care unit.
• C) The nurse provides over-the-counter pain relievers to the daughter of a client because of a headache.
• D) The nurse purchases the daily newspaper for a client who does not have any money but will when his wife comes to visit.

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Definitions:

Equilibrium

A state of balance or stability within a system, where competing influences are canceled by others, resulting in no net change.

Allopatric Speciation

The formation of new species through geographical separation, leading to reproductive isolation and genetic divergence.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that causes random fluctuations in the frequency of alleles in a population, especially in small populations.

Mutation

A permanent alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, which can result in a change in the phenotype of an organism.