A client tells the nurse, "You know I have AIDS. I still cannot afford to tell my employer because they will probably cancel my health insurance, then what would I do?" What is the best response by the nurse?
A) "An employer cannot cancel your currently active health insurance on the basis of AIDS."
B) "I just wouldn't tell them. It is none of their business."
C) "You have to tell them, it is not your right to allow them exposure to you. What if you give it to someone?"
D) "I understand your dilemma, but I think you should tell them. I would want to know."
A
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Despite HIV-specific confidentially laws, clients infected with AIDS fear that disclosure of their condition will affect employment, health insurance coverage, and even housing. An employer cannot cancel a client's currently active health insurance policy on the basis of AIDS. However, employers are more apt to dismiss a worker with a known HIV-positive status from employment to reduce future insurance premiums and death payments. The other answers are nontherapeutic and not based in fact.
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