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Autonomy
• Autonomy is the freedom to make decisions for oneself.
➢This ethical principle requires that nurses respect patients’ rights to make their
own choices about treatment.
➢Informed consent before treatment, surgery, or participation in research is an
example.
➢To be able to make an autonomous choice, individuals need to be informed of the
purpose, benefits, and risks of the procedures to which they are agreeing.
➢Nurses accomplish this by providing information and supporting patients’ choices.
