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The daughter is very distraught and notices her mother's hand moves when she is talking to her. The daughter asks the nurse, "Is mother responding to my voice?" The nurse, attempting to console the daughter, knows the movement was involuntary but states, "It does appear she did." The nurse is violating which principle of ethics?
a. Autonomy
b. Veracity
c. Utilitarianism
d. Deontology
ANS: B
Correct: Veracity is the principle of telling the truth in a given situation.
Incorrect:
a. Autonomy is the principle of respect for the individual person; this concept states that humans have incalculable worth or moral dignity.
c. Utilitarianism is an approach that is rooted in the assumption that an action or practice is right if it leads to the greatest possible balance of good consequences or to the least possible balance of bad consequences. Giving the daughter false reassurance is not a good consequence.
d. Deontological theory claims that a decision is right only if it conforms to an overriding moral duty and wrong only if it violates that moral duty. Persons are to be treated as ends in themselves and never as means to the ends of others.
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