A physician is conducting an experiment with a new medication and needs several more patients in the study
The physician asks the nurse to give the medication to an adult patient who is unable to understand the experiment but willingly takes any medication. Which ethical principle should the nurse cite in objecting to the inclusion of this patient in the experiment?
a. Autonomy
b. Nonmaleficence
c. Standard of Best Interest
d. Veracity
ANS: B
B. The principle of nonmaleficence requires a nurse to protect from harm those who cannot protect themselves, such as the mentally incompetent or the unconscious. A. Autonomy in health care refers to those individuals who are considered capable and competent, making health-care decisions for themselves. C. The best interest standard involves the determination of what action is in the best interest of the patient. Family members together with health-care providers usually make the best interest determination. D. Veracity is the virtue of truthfulness.
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