When a nurse is making a career choice, which clinical setting would best support the operative framework of consumerism?
A) Burn/trauma unit
B) Cardiac critical care unit
C) Plastic surgery unit
D) Surgical intensive care unit
Ans: C
Plastic surgery, an elective health care situation, represents the consumerism framework, in which the consumer is clearly in control of choices among available options, and the balance of authority in decision making shifts away from the provider to the user of health care services. Health care professionals working in areas such as trauma, intensive care, and critical care, care for people who are often in acute distress and may not be able to be active participants in making decisions regarding their care. These setting represent the paternalism framework.
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