The nurse has successfully completed a distance learning class on ECG (electrocardiogram) inter-pretation. This is an example of the nurse exhibiting the professional principle of:
1. Advocacy
2. Responsibility
3. Accountability
4. Confidentiality
ANS: 2
The word responsibility refers to a willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises. The nurse has a responsibility to remain competent to practice so that he or she is able to reliably follow through on responsibilities. The remaining options are reflective of other pro-fessional principles.i
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