The hospital administration asks nursing services to assume housekeeping duties from midnight until 6:00 a.m. Nurses are fearful that this is the first step to shifting complete 24-hour-per-day responsibility for housekeeping duties to nursing services. The nurses believe this would take away from their ability to provide quality nursing care to their patients. This scenario is an example of which ethical concept?
A) The MORAL argument
B) Slippery slope thinking
C) Relevance thinking
D) Reluctance model

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Rationale 1: MORAL is an ethical decision-making model.
Rationale 2: Slippery slope thinking or arguments suggest that an action will initiate a chain of events that cumulate in an undesirable event later.
Rationale 3: Relevance thinking is not an ethical concept.
Rationale 4: Reluctance model is not an ethical concept.

The Hospital Administration Asks Nursing Services to Assume Housekeeping Duties