Ms.Johnson, who has no health insurance, has come to the emergency department of the hospital with vomiting and diarrhea. She states that she knows this is not an emergency but has no primary care doctor. The triage nurse who is placing charts in the order in which the patients will be seen, Places Ms.Johnsons chart behind three other patients who have medical insurance,even though they arrived after Ms.Johnson. This could be considered a violation of the ethical concept of:
a.) beneficence
b.) veracity
c.) fidelity
d.) justice
Let's know about all the ethical terms closely.
The ethical concept of beneficence:- states that the researcher should have the welfare of the research participant.
The ethical concept of veracity:- related to being honest and telling the truth. It defines the trustful relationship between health care providers and patients.
The ethical concept of fidelity:- stands for faithfulness in a relationship and true towards one's professional duties.
The ethical concept of Justice:- stands for fairness. One should be fair with all equally. A health care provider must treat each and everyone equally.
So after knowing about all these terms we can tell that here the triage nurse done injustice to the patient and professionally was not fair.
The answer would be (d)
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