A nurse who works in the emergency department (ED) is assigned to a patient who is experiencing heavy vaginal bleeding at 12 weeks' gestation. An ultrasound has confirmed the absence of a fetal heart rate, and the patient is scheduled for a dilation and evacuation of the pregnancy. The nurse refuses to provide any further care for this patient based on moral principles. What is the nurse manager's initial response to the nurse?

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Nurses do not have to provide care if the care is in violation of their moral, ethical, or religious principles. It is the responsibility of the nurse to share these views at the time of the initial interview. Disclosing beliefs that would affect the care of patients at the point of care and refusing to provide care is unethical on behalf of the nurse. The manager cannot force the nurse to provide care if the nurse's principles were shared at the time of the initial interview. It is the manager's responsibility to disclose the type of care delivered in the department at the time of the interview. Threats of abandonment are unwarranted at this time.

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