The Nurse Manager Asks Martha, a Staff Nurse, If She

The nurse manager asks Martha, a staff nurse, if she will work an additional 4 hours at the end of her shift. Martha's patient is unstable, and there is insufficient staff on the next shift to care for her adequately. If she works overtime, Martha will break a promise she made to take her children to the circus. This situation is an example of:

A) moral distress.
B) a moral dilemma.
C) moral reckoning.
D) a practical dilemma.

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