Juanita was brought to the hospital by her daughter-in-law, Alejandra, who lives within a few miles of her in a remote area of the state
Juanita will be kept in a semi-private room for overnight observation and Alejandra plans to stay at Juanita's bedside for a couple of hours so she can find out what is going on before she leaves to check into a motel for the night. Juanita's nurse checks in on her patient and asks Alejandra what her relationship is to Juanita. Upon learning this information, what is the best response by the nurse? 1. "I'm afraid that, due to HIPPA regulations, we have a hospital policy that we can only share information about the patient with Juanita's extended family such as her husband or children."
2. "I'll need you to step out in the hallway so that I can talk to you about Juanita's medical status; it's an issue of confidentiality and we need to protect personal health information."
3. "I'll need to check with Juanita to make sure it's okay if I discuss her medical status with you."
4. "I'm sorry, but due to HIPPA regulations, we can't have visitors stay at the bedside when the patient is not in a private room."
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1 A nurse may discuss individual health status with family members if the individual does not object.
2 This is not an accurate interpretation of the HIPPA guideline regulations; the nurse must obtain Juanita's permission before sharing her information.
3 A hospitalized individual can give permission for information sharing with another family member or whomever the hospitalized person wants to have this information.
4 This is not an accurate interpretation of the HIPPA guideline regulations; these regulations do not stipulate hospital visitation policy.
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