Which of the Following Actions, If Observed by the Charge

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions, if observed by the charge nurse, would require the charge nurse to intervene?

• A) The nurse looks over the physician's shoulder to see the results of an assigned client's labs.
• B) The nurse requires a client to fill out a release of information form when the client requests a copy of his or her medical record.
• C) The nurse asks another nurse to quickly look up the results of an x-ray of a client since the other nurse is already signed on the computer.
• D) The nurse faxed reports of client tests to a machine that is in the office of the client's primary care physician, and a nurse is expecting the report.

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