One of the nurse competencies of the synergy care delivery model is "moral agency." Which action is an example of that trait?
1. The nurse commits a medication error and reports it to the charge nurse.
2. The nurse collaborates well with the rest of the health care team.
3. The nurse is able to think ahead to the client's next need.
4. The nurse who does not have good baseline knowledge of a client's disease process researches it on a day off work.
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Rationale 1: Moral agency is "doing the right thing." Reporting a medication error is the right thing to do.
Rationale 2: Collaboration is a desirable characteristic but does not describe moral agency.
Rationale 3: Systems thinking is a desirable characteristic but does not describe moral agency.
Rationale 4: This is a description of clinical inquiry, not moral agency.
Global Rationale:
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