A Patient Suffered a Brain Injury from a Motor Vehicle

A patient suffered a brain injury from a motor vehicle accident and has no brain activity. The patient has a living will which states no heroic measures. The family requests that no additional heroic measures be instituted for their son. The nurse respects this decision in keeping with which principle?

A) Accountability
B) Autonomy
C) Nonmaleficence
D) Veracity

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