A student has reviewed a client's chart before beginning assigned care. Which of the following actions violates client confidentiality?
A) Writing the client's name on the student care plan
B) Providing the instructor with plans for care
C) Discussing the medications with a unit nurse
D) Providing information to the physician about laboratory data
Ans: A
Students using client records are bound professionally and ethically to keep in strict confidence all the information they learn from those records. The student may discuss care with the instructor, medications with a staff nurse, and laboratory data with the physician. The student should not use actual client names or other identifiers in written assignments or oral reports.
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