Often nurses and other health care providers fail to recognize violations of patient autonomy. Which of the following is an example? Select all that apply
a. Nurses failure to recognize that individual's thought processes are the same.
b. Attentiveness to patient autonomy is sometimes neglected as the work of nursing becomes the major focus.
c. Nurses may falsely assume that patients have the same values and goals as themselves.
d. Assuming patient have more knowledge than is reasonable for them to have.
B, C, D
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