According to Leininger and Watson, the moral ideal of nursing is:
a. caring.
b. advocacy.
c. responsibility.
d. accountability.
ANS: A
This conceptualization occurred as a response to the technological advances in health care science and the desire of nurses to differentiate nursing practice from medical practice. Advocacy, re-sponsibility, and accountability are not part of the moral idea of nursing proposed by Leininger and Watson.
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