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NCLEX-RN

Category - Care Management

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Nina the New Nurse is asked by a 49-year-old male client with pancreatic cancer to explain the side effects, benefits, and risks of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. She also discusses the possible benefits and risks of the alternative health options he is questioning. Nina the New Nurse explains his condition, the progress, as well as the prognosis to the client. She answers each question to the best of her ability, providing honest, easy to understand answers. Nina the New Nurse is promoting _________, which enables _________, ?
  1. Veracity; autonomous decision-making
  2. Fidelity; beneficence
  3. Justice; nonmaleficence
  4. Informed consent; confidentiality
Explanation
Answer: A and D - The duty to tell the truth, is known as veracity. Nurses promote veracity when providing clients with truthful information, enabling the client to make an autonomous decision.
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