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Three critically ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the ICU. As the supervisor, you assign the bed to the patient with the best chance of recovery. This decision reflects which of the following ethical principles?

LaShonda has been told that she will be reassigned from her regular area of work to a unit that is short staffed. Which of the following actions should she take first?

It is acceptable to plan a VFR Cross-Country flight navigating solely by GPS without the use of any other navigational means.

If determining your location in relation to a VOR, does the aircraft’s heading determine which radial you are on?

In the G1000, how would you know if a VOR has been properly tuned and identified?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a health-care practitioner’s order to ambulate three times a day. The last two times the nurse has requested the patient ambulate, the patient has refused. After explaining both the benefits of ambulating and the consequences of not ambulating, the patient still refuses to get out of bed. The nurse documents that patient’s refusal and notifies the health-care provider. What core professional value is the nurse upholding with this patient?

While applying wind correction angle, the plane’s nose will always be aligned with the desired course.

If a pilot decides to fly low, what altitude must be maintained above any persons, vessels, vehicles or structures in a congested area?

Pilots may fly in formation, assuming they are in agreement prior to the flight.

Nurse Emily works on a busy pediatric ward and loves her job. Recently, the mother of one of her patients sent her a friend request on social media and posted a comment on Nurse Emily’s public wall asking about a patient who was in the room next to her son’s. The post said, “Hey Emily! How is Gavin? We haven’t seen him since Austin was discharged.” Emily declines the friend request and does not provide information pertaining to Gavin’s medical status.  Emily employed which nursing principle?