Which of the following statements accurately suggests how confidentiality issues can affect treatment?
A) Clients commonly use confidentiality to avoid taking responsibility for their actions.
B) Confidentiality can be a barrier to including family members in a client's care.
C) Confidentiality is more important in medical nursing than in psychiatric–mental health nursing.
D) Therapists must use their own judgment when deciding to share with the client's family information with outsiders.
Ans: B
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With respect to confidentiality, nurses have cited data showing that families have a legitimate need for information related to diagnosis, current treatment, medications, community resources, and effective strategies for managing the illness. Information may not normally be shared with outsiders and confidentiality is not more important in medical-surgical contexts.
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