A Student Nurse Is Assigned to a Clinical Unit on Which

question 5

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is assigned to a clinical unit on which one of the patients is a nationally known celebrity. The student reads the chart to find out why the celebrity is being treated. The student who is not the assigned caregiver is:

• A) motivated to learn about the health problem of this patient and is appropriately seeking knowledge during his clinical experience.
• B) doing appropriate research about nursing care as long as information is not divulged.
• C) violating the confidentiality of the patient's record.
• D) neglecting the assigned patient load and should read the unassigned patient's chart only after his assigned work is completed.

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