Author Question: An emergency department nurse and health care team are caring for a semiconscious child age 2 years ... (Read 26 times)

s.tung · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

An emergency department nurse and health care team are caring for a semiconscious child age 2 years with numerous fractures and evidence of cigarette burns.

They suspect child abuse. The nurse reports the family to the child abuse hotline. The nurse is following which ethical principle?
A) Beneficence
B) Nonmaleficence
C) Justice
D) Fidelity

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a woman 28 years of age who has delivered a baby by Cesarean section. She describes her pain as a 9. The nurse medicates her for pain. This is an example of which ethical framework?

A) Justice
B) Fidelity
C) Beneficence
D) Nonmaleficence

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

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
The principle of nonmaleficence means to avoid doing harm, to remove harm, and to prevent harm.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Beneficence means doing or promoting good. The treatment of the client's pain is the nurse's act of doing good.