The nurse providing care for patients or residents must act on the knowledge that a basic right of a patient or a resident is to receive

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The individual rights of patients are an important ethical theme in health care. It is imperative that nurses separate personal ethics from nursing ethics and provide appropriate care to patients regardless of whether the nurse likes or dislikes the patient and regardless of the nurse's values relating to the patient's lifestyle, ethnicity, or other factors. Receiving information about the diagnosis and prognosis is not considered a right that is met by the LPN/LVN. The remaining options are not rights.

The Nurse Providing Care for Patients or Residents Must Act