Which actions by health care team members require the nurse to intervene to protect client privacy and confidentiality? Select all that apply.
- AA nurse discusses a client's new cancer diagnosis with a coworker in a crowded hospital elevator.
- BA nurse gives handoff report at the bedside while the alert client listens and asks questions.
- CAn assistive staff member posts a photo of a client's wound on a personal social media account, showing no face or name.
- DA nurse walks away from a workstation, leaving a client's electronic health record open on the screen.
- EA nurse reviews discharge instructions with the client's spouse after the client says the spouse may receive information.
- FA nurse working on another unit opens the health record of a neighbor who was admitted, to see how she is doing.
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Answer
A, C, D, F
A: A crowded elevator permits unauthorized overhearing. B: Care-related bedside handoff with client participation is appropriate when privacy is protected. C: Removing name and face does not ensure a wound image is unidentifiable or authorized. D: An unlocked record exposes confidential information. E: The client has authorized this spouse's participation. F: Curiosity about a neighbor is not an authorized care purpose.
A
A crowded elevator permits unauthorized overhearing.
B
Care-related bedside handoff with client participation is appropriate when privacy is protected.
C
Removing name and face does not ensure a wound image is unidentifiable or authorized.
D
An unlocked record exposes confidential information.
E
The client has authorized this spouse's participation.
F
Curiosity about a neighbor is not an authorized care purpose.