The professional nurse realizes there is both a legal and an ethical obligation to keep client information obtained through examination, observation, conversation, or treatment:
a. Secured
b. Accessible
c. Confidential
d. Documented
C
The nurse is legally and ethically obligated to keep information about clients confidential. The nurse may not discuss a client's examination, observation, conversation, or treatment with other clients or staff not involved in the client's care.
The option "Secured" is not ethically orientated and relates to the written record.
The option "Accessible" is not ethically orientated and relates to the written record.
The option "Documented" is not ethically orientated and relates to the written record.
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