The nurse is participating in staff training about protecting clients' privacy and confidentiality. Which of the following incidents does the nurse recognize as a violation of client confidentiality? Select all that apply.

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The nurse is ethically and legally obligated to protect clients' privacy and maintain confidentiality of their medical information. Clients' health information should be shared only with other health care team members directly involved in those clients' care. Report sheets used by nursing staff often include clients' private health information and must be shredded at the end of the shift (Option B). Without the client's permission, information about the diagnosis or diagnostic tests cannot be shared with a hospital roommate (Option C). (Option A) Health care staff are not required to censor visitor conversation in waiting rooms. (Option D) Nurses are obligated to help protect visitors and others by instructing visitors to wear appropriate personal protective equipment. However, the nurse should not violate the client's privacy by sharing the client's diagnosis. (Option E) Although discussion about specific client information is not permissible, general discussion about health care topics (eg, a potential cure for AIDS) is not a violation of clients' privacy. Educational objective: The nurse must protect clients' privacy and maintain the confidentiality of their medical information. Clients' health information should be discussed only with health care team members directly involved in those clients' care. Nurses must also ensure that documents containing clients' information are shredded after use.

The Nurse Is Participating in Staff Training About Protecting Clients