22.) The nurse tells the patient he/she will be “right back” with pain medicine. The nurse...

22.) The nurse tells the patient he/she will be “right back” with pain medicine. The nurse gets distracted with another patient issue and doesn't return with the pain medicine for 45 minutes. Which of the following ethical principles have been violated.

a.) autonomy

b.) fidelity

c.) non-maleficence

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The Ethical principle violated here is fidelity where nurse should be loyal and faithful to patients who place trust in the nurse, must be faithful to the promises they made as professionals to provide quality care to patient, but in mentioned case nurse had not returned and make patient wait for 45minutes in pain voilates the principle of ethics.

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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