A nurse in the 1960s would have referred to which code of ethics to guide ethical decision making?
a. Nightingale Pledge
b. Code for Professional Nurses
c. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
d. International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses
ANS: B
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