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The nurse is caring for a patient whose condition has deteriorated and who is not responding to standard treatment.The physician calls for an ethical consultation with the family to discuss potential withdrawal of treatment versus aggressive treatment.The nurse understands that applying a model for ethical decision making involves which of the following?


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Internal Structures

The organs, bones, and other bodily elements that exist within the body and contribute to its complex functionality.

Glomerular Capsule

A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine.

Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

A single layer of cube-shaped cells, found lining glands and ducts, involved in secretion and absorption.

Podocytes

Podocytes are specialized cells in the kidney that wrap around capillaries of the glomeruli, playing a key role in the filtration of blood to form urine.

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