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A patient is in pain and requests pain medication. The nurse sees that it is too early to administer the medication. Practicing under the principle of veracity, the nurse should
 
  a. bring the medication a little bit early to give the patient pain relief.
  b. call the physician and request an extra dose of the pain medication.
  c. sit with the patient and offer nonpharmacological pain interventions.
  d. tell the patient when to expect the medication and bring it on time.
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Keeping one's word by returning when the patient expects upholds the principle of veracity, which involves telling the truth and not deceiving others.
Giving the pain medication a little early would not be upholding the principle of veracity, which involves telling the truth and not deceiving others.
Calling the physician and requesting an extra dose of the pain medication might be a good intervention, but this is not related to veracity, which involves telling the truth and not deceiving others.
Nonpharmacological interventions might help reduce the patient's pain, but this is not related to veracity, which involves telling the truth and not deceiving others.
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