According to the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, what is the nurse's primary duty to the patient?

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1. This focuses only on the dying patient and does not apply to all patients for whom nurses provide care on a daily basis.
2. According to both the Nursing Practice Act and professional organizations such as the ANA and AACN, the goal for all patients is to do no harm.
3. Cost-benefit ratios are appropriate for considering budgeting and continuing education presentations, but they are not the primary duty of the nurse. Preventing and doing no harm are the priority obligations of a nurse.
4. Assisting the family during end-of-life care is one of the goals of health care management, but it is not the priority obligation.