A nurse renewing advanced cardiac life support is practicing which ethical principle?
a. Veracity
b. Fidelity
c. Nonmaleficence
d. Beneficence
ANS: C
Nonmaleficence is the principle of "do no harm." Nurses keep current in their profession to pre-vent doing harm to their patients. The others do not apply.
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