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kshipps

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A nurse applies for a position on the cardiac care unit of a major suburban hospital. She shares with the nurse manager her own nursing philosophy stating that, A client is a human being in need of care while in the hospital.
 
  It is my hope that I can provide quality nursing care with attention to the body, mind, and spirit of the individual, moving him or her on a continuum to a state of health, and working with the environment to accomplish this task. What four elements are included in the nurse's philosophy?
  A)
  Person, health, nursing, and environment
  B)
  Personal knowledge, empirics, aesthetics, and ethics
  C)
  Individual, environment, mission, and reflective thinking
  D)
  Health, empirics, environment, and personal knowledge

Question 2

The ethics committee at the hospital has asked the nurse on the unit to be on the hospital committee.
 
  The nurse attends the first meeting and has been instructed on the use of the ethical decision-making process proposed by Fowler, which includes care and contextualism as well as what other perspective?
  A)
  Double effect
  B)
  Patient advocacy
  C)
  Principalism
  D)
  Beneficence



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C



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