Sue,a staff nurse,consistently arrives 15 minute late for her shift,and the nurse manager has talked to her about it several times.Sue does not take the comments seriously because there are two other nurses who also arrive late all the time,and the unit manager does not reprimand them.In this situation,the nurse manager is violating the ethical principle of
A) beneficence.
B) nonmaleficence.
C) justice.
D) autonomy.

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Nurse managers who apply the principle of justice in their nursing practice and managerial decision-making ensure that workload is fairly distributed among the nursing staff.Performance appraisals by nurse managers ought to be guided by the principle of justice.For example,if one nurse is disciplined for being late,then all nurses who are late should be disciplined in the same way.

Sue,a Staff Nurse,consistently Arrives 15 Minute Late for Her Shift,and