The emergency nurse would carefully consider the overall consequences of their decision. According to this principle of ethics, they would assess the potential outcomes of allocating the operating room to the unconscious patient versus the other critically ill patients. Factors such as the urgency of each patient's condition, the probability of positive outcomes, and the potential harm caused by delaying any patient's surgery would be weighed. Based on this evaluation, the emergency nurse would make a decision that aims to maximize the overall well-being and minimize harm for the greatest number of patients. Which ethical framework best aligns with this response?
a) Virtue Ethics
b) Consequentialist Ethics
c) Deontological Ethics