Nurses provide care based on the American Nurse's Association Code of Ethics. What duty does this Code of Ethics require of nurses?
A) To care only for the type of patients they prefer
B) To act based on the most relevant of several ethical principles
C) To care for the patients with whom they are ethically comfortable
D) To always carry out physician orders
Ans: B
Feedback: Nurses have a duty to act based on the one relevant principle, or the most relevant of several ethical principles. The ANA Code of Ethics does not require nurses to care only for the patients they prefer or are most comfortable with. Nor does a nurse always carry out a physician's order.
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