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Beneficence - The obligation to help the patient. Remove harm, prevent harm, promote good. ("do no harm"). Acting in the patient's best interest. Compassionate patient care. What ethical principle Educating an obese patient on the harmful effects of obesity and recommending weight loss. - Beneficence What ethical principle Encouraging a patient to stop smoking and enroll in smoking cessation programs. - Beneficence What ethical principle : Calling the surgeon to get a prescription for stronger pain med - Beneficence Nonmaleficence - Nonmaleficence The obligation to avoid harm. Protecting a patient from harm. What ethical principle A new nurse practitioner (NP) is told to suture a laceration on a patient's face. The NP tells the physician that she has not been trained to suture facial area lacerations and therefore is unable to do it. - Nonmaleficence What ethical principle