cs. The first would be an action that is both legal and ethical. An
example of this would be a nurse carrying out appropriate doctor's orders as
ordered. A nurse may also be faced with an action that may be ethical but
not legal, such as allowing a cancer patient to smoke marijuana for medicinal
purposes. The opposite may arise where an action may be legal but not ethical.
Finally, an action may be neither legal or ethical. For example, when a nurse
makes a medication error and does not report it.
have many ethical duties to their clients. The main ethical duties are: non male ficence,
beneficence, fidelity, veracity, and justice.
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