Conjoined twins are in the neonatal department of the community hospital until transfer to the closest medical center. A photographer from the local newspaper gets off the elevator on the neonatal floor and wants to take pictures of the infants
What initial action should the nurse take? a. Escort the cameraman to the neonatal unit while a few pictures are taken quietly.
b. Tell the cameraman where the hospital's public relations department is located.
c. Ask the cameraman to wait while permission is obtained from the physician.
d. Ask the cameraman how the pictures are to be used in the local newspaper.
B
In some cases, information about a scientific discovery or a major medical breakthrough or an unusual situation is newsworthy. In this case, anyone seeking information needs to contact the hospital's public relations department to ensure that invasion of privacy does not occur. It is not the nurse's responsibility to decide independently the legality of disclosing information. The nurse does not have the right to allow the cameraman access to the neonatal unit. This would constitute invasion of privacy. The physician has no responsibility regarding this situation and cannot allow the cameraman on the unit. It is not the nurse's responsibility to find out how the pictures are to be used. This is a task for the public relations department.
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