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The correctional nurse has drawn blood from an inmate who has experienced gastrointestinal bleeding. While performing the venipuncture, the nurse told the inmate the blood was being drawn for the purposes of evaluating the inmate's hemoglobin and hematocrit. Can the blood also be used to screen the inmate for drug usage?


A) No, the blood can be used only for the determination of medical diagnosis.
B) Yes, the inmate signs away all rights to privacy when incarcerated.
C) Yes, as long as the nurse suspects the inmate of drug use.
D) No, the laboratory will not accept this blood drawn and will insist that the blood be drawn again by a laboratory technician.

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