The licensed practical/vocational nurse's neighbor and friend stops the nurse as he is walking in to his house after work.
She says she heard that another neighbor across the street was in the hospital where the nurse works with a heart attack and is not doing very well. She asks the nurse if that is true. The nurse knows that the neighbor across the street is in cardiac care and has a poor prognosis. Which is the best response to the friend's question?
A) I heard he was in the hospital. I'll check this out tomorrow.
B) I don't know if he is in the hospital or not. I've just been so busy.
C) We're all good friends and good neighbors and I know he wouldn't mind me telling you about his condition.
D) I'm sorry but I can't share confidential client information.
Question 2
Which example describes an ethical dilemma for a nurse?
A) Reporting a nurse who he or she observed putting a medication from a client's med drawer in her pocket
B) Reporting a nurse who drank too much alcohol at a retirement party
C) Reporting a nurse who casually mentioned in the break room that she forgot to renew her nursing license
D) Reporting a parent who, as a discipline measure, struck her child in a mall
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B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
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