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- Ethics is a branch of philosophical science concerned with right and wrong.
- Nurses encounter situations where they must make decisions based on ethics.
- Ethical principles provide the framework for nursing practice.
- Ethics help nurses attain proper achievement and enhance their knowledge and skills.
- Ethical principles guide moral decision making and actions.
- Autonomy refers to the individual's right to choose and act on that choice.
- Beneficence is the moral obligation to do well or implement actions that benefit clients.
- Nonmaleficence requires the practitioner to do no harm.
- Nonmaleficence is the complement of beneficence.
- Nurses must protect individuals who are unable to protect themselves.
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