A charge nurse is working on a postpartum unit and discovers that one of the clients did not receive AM care during her shift assessment. The charge nurse questions the nurse assigned to provide care and finds out that the nurse thought that
"the client should just do it by herself because she will have to do this at home." On further questioning of the nurse, it is determined that the rest of her assigned clients were provided AM care. The assigned nurse has violated which ethical principle?
a. Justice
b. Truth
c. Confidentiality
d. Autonomy
ANS: A
The ethical principle of justice indicates that all clients should be treated equally and fairly. In this case, the charge nurse ascertained that the AM care was not equally applied to all the nurse's assigned clients. The other ethical principles do not apply to this situation.
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