A health care provider is reviewing the steps taken to address an ethical issue with a patient. Within which of the following steps of the MORAL model is this health care provider working?
1. Look back and evaluate.
2. Massage the dilemma.
3. Outline the options.
4. Act by applying the selected option.
Look back and evaluate.
Rationale: The health care provider is looking back and evaluating. This is the process of reviewing and reexamining whether desired outcomes were attained and whether new options need to be implemented. Massage the dilemma means that the issues are identified. Outline the options means the options are fully examined, including those that are less realistic. Act by applying the selected option refers to implementation of the chosen option to resolve the dilemma.
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