A nurse is administering a medication to a client. The nurse tells the client the rationale for the medication. This nurse is observing which client right?
a. The right to informed consent
b. The right to permission
c. The right to ethics
d. The right to autonomy
ANS: A
To observe a client's right to informed consent, the nurse must give the client the knowledge necessary to make an appropriate decision.
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