Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence?

A. The nurse upholds a client's decision to refuse chemotherapy for lung cancer.
B. The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a client with cancer.
C. The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may cause discomfort.
D. The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned clients on the basis of illness acuity.


Answer: C. The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may cause discomfort.

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Which finding from the nurse's physical assessment of a 42-year-old male patient should be reported to the health care provider?

a. One testis hangs lower than the other. b. Genital hair distribution is diamond shaped. c. Clear discharge is present at the penile meatus. d. Inguinal lymph nodes are nonpalpable bilaterally.

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The heart is controlled by voluntary muscles

True False

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Absorption of nutrients from the intestine occurs initially through the:

a. mesentery. b. villi. c. lamina propria. d. splenic veins.

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