Working in partnership with communities requires careful consideration of all seven primary ethical principles and the interplay among them
Which three primary ethical principles are most often threatened by the community health nurse's commitment to beneficence?
A) Autonomy, respect for people, and nonmaleficence
B) Fidelity, justice, veracity
C) Autonomy, justice, veracity
D) Nonmaleficence, fidelity, respect for people
Ans: A
Beneficence is acting in the best interest of others. Autonomy, respect for people, and nonmaleficence are the principles most often threatened by the community health nurse's commitment to beneficence. Autonomy, the right to allow the other person to choose, is in direct conflict with beneficence. At times beneficence helps some but may cause potential harm to others (respect for people) if, for example, new industry brings jobs, but the effects of the new industry could cause harm to others, which is also contradictory to nonmalficence. Justice, the fair distribution of rights and resources, and which also involves reward and punishment, is not in direct conflict with beneficence. Fidelity, which is faithfulness, and veracity, which is the commitment to tell the truth, are also not in direct conflict with beneficence.
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