When nurses receive a patient assignment and accept reports on these patients, they are committed to providing care to those assigned to them. This is based on the ethical principle of
a. beneficence.
b. fidelity.
c. justice.
d. veracity.
ANS: B
A
Beneficence speaks to doing good.
B
Fidelity is being faithful or keeping commitments made to others. In accepting the assignment, the nurse has committed to caring for the patients assigned to her or him.
C
Justice is related to the equal treatment of all.
D
"Veracity" refers to one's truthfulness.
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