The nurse at the unit desk answers the telephone. The caller asks for permission to speak to a specific client. The nurse responds, "The client is busy in a meeting, and I don't see your name on the client's telephone list." The nurse can best be described as:

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The nurse, by revealing that the client is in a meeting, has inadvertently shared information about the client's activities or status without their explicit consent, which breaches confidentiality principles. The correct approach would be to neither confirm nor deny the client's presence or status without authorization.

The Nurse at the Unit Desk Answers the Telephone