The nurse's neighbor routinely calls and asks for advice regarding health issues. What should the nurse do about these calls?
1. Tell the neighbor that the nurse is not legally able to give health advice outside the work environment.
2. Be certain that any advice given reflects both nursing and community standards.
3. Charge the neighbor a flat fee of $25 for each call.
4. Tell the neighbor that nurses are not educationally prepared to give health advice.
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Rationale: When giving health-related advice, the nurse should be certain the advice meets both community and nursing standards. If the nurse charges the neighbor for the advice, there is a different legal standard applied as the advice is no longer voluntary. Nurses are educationally prepared to give health advice and it is not illegal to do so.
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