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eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A student has reviewed a client's chart before beginning assigned care. Which of the following actions violates client confidentiality?

A) Writing the client's name on the student care plan
B) Providing the instructor with plans for care
C) Discussing the medications with a unit nurse
D) Providing information to the physician about laboratory data

Question 2

A nurse is documenting the intensity of a client's pain. What would be the most accurate entry?

A) Client complaining of severe pain.
B) Client appears to be in a lot of pain and is crying.
C) Client states has pain; walking in hall with ease.
D) Client states pain is a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.

emilymalinowski12 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A

Students using client records are bound professionally and ethically to keep in strict confidence all the information they learn from those records. The student may discuss care with the instructor, medications with a staff nurse, and laboratory data with the physician. The student should not use actual client names or other identifiers in written assignments or oral reports.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D

Information should be documented in a complete, accurate, relevant, and factual manner. Avoid interpretations of behavior, generalizations, and words such as good.