The nurse is caring for 2 male patients who have a broken limb. Both patients requested more pain medicine. The first patient asked, "Please could you call the doctor I am in so much pain?" The second patient asked, "Why are you letting me suffer, can't you do something for me?" The nurse called the doctor and medicated the first patient, the second patient received medication when the next scheduled dose was due. The action by the nurse should be classified as which of the following?

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The nurse's action can be classified as procedural injustice because she treated the two patients differently based on how they requested pain medication, rather than their medical needs.

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