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Lisaclaire

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The hospitalized client's uncle, who is a physician, asks the nurse for the client's chart. The uncle is not the physician on the case. The best response for the nurse is to:
 
  a. extend professional courtesy and let him see the chart.
  b. ask the client for written consent before allowing the relative to see the chart.
  c. tell the physician where the chart is but not actually give it to the physician.
  d. call the supervisor.

Question 2

The nurse is reading about a case in which Medicare fraud is suspected. Which of the following is true about fraud?
 
  a. It is written information given to a third party that causes damage to someone's reputation.
  b. It is oral information given to a third party that causes damage to someone's reputation.
  c. It results from a deliberate deception intended to produce unlawful gain.
  d. It results from revealing confidential information without the person's permission.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C



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