A Nursing Instructor Is Teaching a Class About Ethical Principles

question 18

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor is teaching a class about ethical principles to a group of nursing students. The instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students give which of the following as an example of nonmaleficence?

• A) Protecting clients from a chemically impaired practitioner
• B) Performing dressing changes to promote wound healing
• C) Providing emotional support to clients who are anxious
• D) Administering pain medications to a client in pain

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Definitions:

Social Desirability Bias

The tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that they believe will be viewed favorably by others.

Self-reports

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Less Prejudiced

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Healthier

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