A client's plan of care includes revoking privileges for inappropriate behavior, based on a contract between the client and the nurse who wrote the plan
Another nurse decides to ignore this, because the client promises that she will adhere to the contract in the future. The second nurse's behavior may have violated which ethical principle?
A) Veracity
B) Beneficence
C) Autonomy
D) Fidelity
Ans: D
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Fidelity is the nurse's faithfulness to duties, obligations, and promises. Autonomy is the patient's right to make decisions for himself or herself. Veracity is a systematic behavior of honesty and truthfulness in speech. Beneficence is the principle of doing good, not harm.
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