A nurse has used the steps of the ethical decision-making process when making a decision. Which of the following is most similar to this process?
a. Healthy People 2010
b. Deontology
c. The nursing process
d. Advocacy
ANS: C
The steps of the ethical decision-making framework are to first identify the ethical issues and di-lemmas, then place them within a meaningful context, obtain all relevant facts, reformulate ethi-cal issues and dilemmas if needed, consider appropriate approaches to actions or options, make decisions and take action, and evaluate decisions and action. The nursing process involves the same basic steps: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Healthy Peo-ple 2010, deontology, and advocacy do not involve these multiple steps described by the ethical decision-making framework and the nursing process.
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