A nurse practitioner wishes to send e-mail to all clients on a distribution list without displaying the e-mail addresses of those on the list to the recipients. Which of the following will appropriately accomplish this task?

Question

1. Include the nurse practitioner's e-mail address as primary recipient and the client addresses as carbon copies (CC).
2. The nurse practitioner must send a separate message to each individual client as primary recipient.
3. Include the nurse practitioner's e-mail address as primary recipient and the client addresses as blind copies (BCC).
4. Include the recipient e-mail addresses as primary recipients and the nurse practitioner's address as a blind copy (BCC).

Answer 1

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Rationale: The correct response is to include the nurse practitioner's e-mail address as primary recipient and the client's addresses as blind carbon copies. The e-mail header lists who sent the message, when, to whom, and a subject line. Messages copied to clients through "CC" will make it possible for every client receiving the e-mail to see the e-mail addresses of all the other clients and, therefore, violate client e-mail address confidentiality. Messages copied to others through "BCC" (blind copy or blind carbon copy) will not display the addresses of other recipients.