In your nursing practice you believe in doing good and that prevention of harm, removal of evil, and promotion of good are extremely important. Your practice adheres to which ethical principle?
a. Beneficence c. Fidelity
b. Justice d. Veracity
A
Beneficence means doing good and may include prevention of harm, removal of evil, and promotion of good. Justice refers to how we divide benefits and burdens. Veracity is truthfulness: nurses are truthful with clients in their care. Fidelity is keeping promises: if nurses make promises to clients, they keep them.
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