The moral theory that the nurse would use to support the patient then would be Kantianism’s Deontology which states that it is the intention (what he calls maxims or good will) that is truly weighed against one's duties/responsibilities through a string of tests (Collier & Haliburton, 2015, p.14). Before any decision can be made Kant puts it through a series of three tests called the Categorical Imperative (C.I.) in order to see if the act is permissible or prohibited, where the situation only needs to pass one because Kant claims that it will then pass them all (Collier & Haliburton, 2015, p.17). The first test within the C.I. is universality formulation that states that an act is permissible only if it can be created into universal rule and
