A nurse is working with a local agency to provide care to the inadequately insured by helping to staff an after-hours clinic. This nurse is demonstrating which value of client advocacy?
1. The client has the right to make choices and decisions.
2. The client has the right to expect a nurse–client relationship based on shared respect.
3. The nurse has the responsibility to ensure the client has access to health care services
4. The nurse has the responsibility to to make choices and decisions.
3. The nurse has the responsibility to ensure the client has access to health care services
Rationale:
The nurse has the responsibility to ensure the client has access
to health care services that meet health needs. While the client does have the right to make choices and decisions, the nurse working with an agency to provide health care to the underinsured does not demonstrate this value. While the client does have the right to expect a nurse–client relationship based on shared respect, the nurse working with an agency to provide health care to the underinsured does not demonstrate this value. The nurse's responsibility to make choices and decision is not one of the values basic to client advocacy.
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