A charge nurse is working on a postpartum unit and discovers that one of the patients did not receive AM care during her shift assessment. The charge nurse questions the nurse assigned to provide care and finds out that the nurse thought "the patient should just do it by herself because she will have to do this at home." On further questioning of the nurse, it is determined that the rest of her assigned patients were provided AM care. The assigned nurse has violated which ethical principle?

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The ethical principle of justice indicates that all patients should be treated equally and fairly. In this case, the charge nurse ascertained that the AM care was not equally applied to all the nurse's assigned patients. The other ethical principles do not apply to this situation.

A Charge Nurse Is Working on a Postpartum Unit and Discovers