Four patients in labor all request epidural analgesia to manage their pain at the same time. Which ethical principle is most compromised when only one nurse anesthetist is on call?

A) Justice
B) Fidelity
C) Beneficence
D) Nonmaleficence

Justice

Ethical standard of fairness.

Ethical Principle

Fundamental guidelines or rules that are considered to be morally right and acceptable in a profession or society, guiding moral behavior and decision-making.

Epidural Analgesia

A regional anesthesia technique that involves injecting anesthetic near the spinal cord in the epidural space to relieve pain, often during childbirth.