Nurses have an obligation to be whistle-blowers if what is occurring?
A) Management does not do what they want them to.
B) The organization does not seem to care about its employees.
C) Serious and considerable harm to the public is involved.
D) They lack the time to go up the chain of command in an organization.
C
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