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Chloeellawright

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The nurse stops at an accident scene to provide emergency care to the victims. Ethically, how would these actions best be labelled?
 
  a. Respect for persons
  b. Beneficence
  c. Maleficence
  d. Triage

Question 2

The nurse is working within a health care system that uses Neuman's theory. A client is having difficulty breathing, and requires oxygen and medication. Which of the following approaches is the nurse's goal?
 
  a. Strengthen the line of defences and focus on prevention.
  b. Promote attainment of biological self-care requisites.
  c. Assist in physiological adaptation to internal changes.
  d. Achieve the 14 basic needs.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A Respect for persons has to do with equal treatment of people irrespective of their social standing and so on.
B Beneficence refers to positive actions to help others, as in providing emergency care at an accident scene.
C Maleficence refers to causing harm or hurt to others.
D Triage is the screening and classification of casualties to make optimal use of treatment resources and to maximize the survival and welfare of patients.

Answer to Question 2

A
Neuman's framework for practice includes nursing actions that focus on actual or potential stressors, and thus on prevention.
Orem's theory focuses on the attainment of self-care.
Roy's theory focuses on adaptation.
Henderson's theory focuses on helping the client to achieve 14 basic needs.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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