Practice Question
Do not worry, I promise, I will check on your mother when I leave at 7 pm and will call you at the number to let you know her status. If anything changes, I will call you right away.
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Correct Answer:
Fidelity
Rationale:
🟥 Fidelity means keeping promises made to clients and families.
🟥 It demonstrates professional trustworthiness.
🟥 The nurse commits to an action and must follow through.
🟥 Fidelity strengthens the nurse-patient relationship.
🟥 It upholds ethical responsibility for follow-through.
Autonomy
🟥 Autonomy relates to patient decision-making, not nurse promises.
🟥 It does not apply to updates or follow-through.
Beneficence
🟥 Beneficence focuses on doing good, not promise-keeping.
🟥 It does not require fulfilling commitments.
Justice
🟥 Justice deals with fairness, not personal commitments.
🟥 This scenario is individualized, not distributive.
Paternalism
🟥 Paternalism involves overriding autonomy, unrelated to promises.
🟥 No decision is being imposed here.
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NUR 4341 Leadership and Mgmt Exam 2 DABSN FA25-
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: Examplify Exam(s)
- Domain: Leadership
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