You are passing medications on a mental health unit. One of the patients refuses to take her morning medications stating, "That medicine makes me feel weird."
You see the patient's breakfast tray and question the charge nurse on whether it would be wrong for you to crush the medication and mix it into the patient's applesauce without the patient's knowledge. Which ethical principle would you be violating? a. Autonomy c. Fidelity
b. Beneficence d. Veracity
A
Patients have the right to refuse to take their medications. By mixing the medication with the patient's
applesauce, you would be violating the patient's right to autonomy. Autonomy involves respect for an
individual's right to self-determination and respect for individual liberty.
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