A brother calls to speak to his sister, who has been admitted to a psychiatric unit. The nurse connects him to the community phone, and the sister is summoned. Later the nurse realizes that the brother was not on the client's approved call list. What law has the nurse broken?

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The law that the nurse has broken is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which requires healthcare providers to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient information, including their phone records and call lists. Unauthorized disclosure of this information is a violation of HIPAA regulations.

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