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

Brain Injury

Damage to the brain, whether traumatic or non-traumatic, that impairs its function and is caused by an external physical force or internal factors.

Living Will

A legal document that outlines a person’s desires regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent.

Heroic Measures

Extreme medical procedures taken to preserve life in situations where recovery is unlikely.