A nurse has downloaded a patient education handout from an outside proprietary company while at work and did not request permission from the author to distribute the handout to patients. Whom has violated copyright?
A) The company that holds rights to the document
B) The healthcare organization where the nurse works
C) The author of the document
D) The patients

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The healthcare organization where the nurse works is responsible for ensuring that all materials distributed to patients comply with copyright laws. The nurse's action of distributing the handout without permission could be seen as a violation by the organization.

A Nurse Has Downloaded a Patient Education Handout from an Outside