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

The nurse manager asks Martha, a staff nurse, if she will work an additional four hours at the end of her shift. Martha's patient is unstable, and there are not enough nurses on the next shift to care for him adequately. If she works overtime, Martha will have to break a promise she made to watch her children's soccer game. What is this situation an example of?  

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

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