What are the nurse's moral and ethical obligations in this situation?
What will be an ideal response?
Provide accurate, nonjudgmental, nondirective counseling, and make appropriate referrals. The
patient should be sent to another health care professional if you (the nurse) are unable to provide
such counseling.
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