The nursing student demonstrates an understanding of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by:
a. using the patient's full name only on clin-ical assignments submitted to the instruc-tor.
b. using the facility printer to copy lab re-ports on an assigned patient.
c. shredding any documents that the student has been using that contain identifying patient information before leaving the clinical facility.
d. asking the patient for permission to copy lab and diagnostic reports for educational purposes.
C
HIPAA forbids any information used for educational purposes to have any identifying informa-tion; therefore, shredding documents would be appropriate. Full names on documents, printing copies of chart forms, and asking the patient for permission to copy forms would be violations of HIPAA regulations.
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