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mp14 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is caring for a client by encouraging accurate, current, and understandable information regarding condition and treatment options, and by allowing each client to make independent choices about treatment plans.

These nursing actions represent an example of which of these ethical principles? a. autonomy c. fidelity
b. beneficence d. veracity

Question 2

A person who has a serum potassium level of 6.5 mEq/L has which of these conditions:

a. hyperkalemia c. hypokalemia
b. hyperpotassemia d. normal serum potassium level

nmyers · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Autonomy refers to a person's right to choose and to act on that choice; it means that each person's right to make decisions is to be respected. In client care situations, a nurse must respect a client's right to decide a course of action; if a client is unable to make a decision because of legal incompetence, the nurse is responsible to protect that client.

Answer to Question 2

A
The normal serum potassium range is 3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L. Hyperkalemia, a serum potassium level greater than 5.0 mEq/L, results from inadequate excretion from the kidneys or from excessive trauma; it can be life threatening.