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Over lunch in the cafeteria, student nurses are sharing educational information about the patients for whom they are caring. This is a(n):
 
  a. breach of beneficence.
  b. example of maleficence.
  c. potential assault and battery charge.
  d. violation of the Health Insurance Portabil-ity and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Question 2

Which of the following would be most in line with Hersey and Blanchard's concepts?
 
  a. The team of caregivers on day shift are familiar with their roles and with the pa-tients. The nurse manager decides to work on the unit budget in her office.
  b. After a year of working on the unit, Shari, an LPN, is still hesitant about many poli-cies and procedures. The charge nurse de-cides to challenge Shari with more diffi-cult patients.
  c. The nursing supervisor asks one of her charge nurses to lead a technology inte-gration project. The supervisor conti-nuously demands involvement in decisions that the charge nurse is making in the project.
  d. Team members complain that Alysha, an RN, is unmotivated, and that she refuses assignments that are complex or difficult. The charge nurse suggests that Alysha is relatively new and that she needs time to adjust.

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Answer to Question 1

D
HIPAA provisions have heightened awareness about and encouraged strategies to protect a pa-tient's privacy in health care transactions. This is an example of breach of confidentiality.

Answer to Question 2

A
The Hersey and Blanchard framework suggests that when ability (skills, job knowledge) and willingness are strong, the involvement of the delegator is less.