In an effort to gain promotion,a nurse tells the supervisor damaging information regarding another coworker viewed as a competitor for the position.In revealing information about the coworker,the nurse is guilty of which charge?

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Defamation is the harming of a person's reputation by using words (e.g. ,a nurse tells another nurse,in the presence of a client,that a particular physician is unreliable [this is slander] or a nurse places a cartoon on a unit bulletin board labeling a character who appears grossly obese with the name of a client [this is libel]).

In an Effort to Gain Promotion,a Nurse Tells the Supervisor