The nurse is educating a coworker on the ethical principle of beneficence. The nurse judges the teaching to be effective when her coworker states:
a. "Beneficence involves allowing patient to make their own health care decisions.".
b. "Beneficence is the duty to actively do good for patients.".
c. "Beneficence is the duty to do no harm.".
d. "Beneficence involves treating all patients equally.".
B
Beneficence is the ethical principle of actively doing good for patients. Allowing patients to make their own health care decisions is autonomy. Doing no harm to the patient is nonmalefi-cence. Justice involves treating all patients equally.
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