A nurse decides to use the ethical principle of utilitarianism to make clinical decisions.This principle is based on the greatest good for the greatest number.Which situation would most likely cause an ethical dilemma for this nurse?
A) Triaging a disaster scene
B) Maintaining ventilatory support on a patient with six children
C) Evacuation of all mobile patients during a flood
D) Allowing a patient with influenza to return home from the clinic after diagnosis
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