A nurse decides to withhold a medication because it will further lower a patient's respiratory rate. In this case, the nurse is practicing what principle?
a. Responsibility
b. Privacy
c. Ethics
d. Moral behavior
A
Responsibility refers to the execution of duties associated with a nurse's role. For example, when administering a medication, you are responsible for assessing the patient's need for the medica-tion, giving it safely and correctly, and evaluating the patient's response to it. Moral behavior refers to judgment about right and wrong behavior. Ethics refers to the consideration of standards of conduct, particularly the study of right and wrong behavior. A fundamental right of patients is the right to privacy. Privacy becomes a focus of increasing interest as health care becomes digitized, but it is not a focus of this scenario.
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