Which, if any, of the following are not provisions of the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses?

1. The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practices and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks, consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimum patient care.
2. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth.
3. The nurse must not knowingly administer or permit the administration of any potentially deleterious substance without a duly authorized prescriber's order and appropriate patient monitoring.
4. All of the above


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1. This is a standard provision for nursing practice.
2. This is a standard provision of nursing practice.
3. Nursing responsibility is covered by more than one provision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses. It is not one provision.
4. Not all meet the provisional standards.

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