The nurse educator is preparing a seminar that focuses on the impact of technology on patient care. Which effect of technology on ethical decision making should the educator include in this seminar?
a. Ethical situations remain similar to what they have always been in health care.
b. Nurses have fewer ethical decisions, because computers now make many decisions.
c. Ethical dilemmas have become more complex owing to technologies that prolong life.
d. Nurses can postpone ethical decisions, because technology allows patients to live longer.
ANS: C
C. Today's sophisticated technology and complex treatments have resulted in more complex ethical issues that caregivers must consider in decision making. A. Ethical decisions have become more complex because of technology. Technology can prolong decisions regarding life-or-death actions. B. Computers have not affected the nurse's decision making regarding ethical issues. D. Because of technology, life-or-death decisions are more complicated.
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