NU 211 Exam 3 questions – with accurate answers (verified)Graded A

1. The patient for whom you are caring needs a liver transplant to survive. This patient has been out of work for several months and doesn't have health insurance or enough cash. Even though several ethical principles are at work in this case, list the principles from highest to lowest priority. 1. Accountability: You as the nurse are accountable for the well-being of this patient. 2. Respect for autonomy: This patient's autonomy will be violated if he does not receive the liver transplant. 3. Ethics of care: The caring thing that a nurse could provide this patient is resources for a liver transplant. 4. Justice: The greatest question in this situation is how to determine the just distribution of resources. -Answers-4,2,3,1 2. Fill in the Blank. The point of the ethical practice is an agreement to reassure the public that in all ways the health care team not only 300works to heal patients but agrees to do this in the least painful and harmful way possible. This principle is commonly called the principle of ________? -Answers-Nonmaleficence