The nurse questions a health care provider's decision to not tell the patient about a cancer diagnosis. which ethical principle is the nurse trying to uphold for the patient?

The ethical principle that the nurse is taking uphold in regards with the patient is autonomy. It is being referred to freedom in which a person has a will of having to make a decision in which he or she disregards other factors that will disrupt his or her decision. When a nurse is having respect in the client's autonomy, the nurse would likely respect the wishes of the client and keep it confidential.