Question

Providing affordable access to contraceptives to low-income women, to reduce the harmful costs associated with unplanned pregnancies, is an example of what ethical principle? Nonmaleficence Human dignity Justice Truthfulness/Veracity

Answer 1

The field of nursing works on the following ethical principles:

1. Nonmaleficence : the principle of nonmaleficence states that the nurse should not do any harm to the patient.
2. Human dignity : the nurse should respect the patient and value him

3. truthfulness: the nurse should be homest and true to patient. She should explain the patient condition, his treatment options and effects of the disease and treatment on patients health clearly and honestly to the patient.
4. justice : the nurse should equally treat every patient without any discrimination on the basis of ethinicity, gender, socioeconomic status. The nurse should provide the treatment to all patient equally and should not deny care on the basis of treatment cost.
Providing affordable access to contraceptives to low-income women, to reduce the harmful costs associated with unplanned pregnancies, is an example of equally providing the health options to all groups pf society. It is an example of JUSTICE.