When a nursing class volunteers to serve hot meals at a local homeless shelter on a Saturday afternoon, which term identifies this focus on serving the community?
A) Altruism
B) Accountability
C) Autonomy
D) Advocate

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A profession provides services needed by society. Additionally, practitioners' motivation is public service over personal gain (altruism). Service to the public requires intellectual activities, which include responsibility. This accountability has legal, ethical, and professional implications. Members of a profession have autonomy in decision making and practice and are self-regulating in that they develop their own policies in collaboration with one another. As the patient's advocate, the nurse interprets information and provides the necessary education. The nurse then accepts and respects the patient's decisions even if they are different from the nurse's own beliefs.

When a Nursing Class Volunteers to Serve Hot Meals at a Local