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Confidentiality

Scenario:
As an employee of the hospital, one day I noticed two nurses laughing as they were reading something off a computer screen. You inquired as to what they were laughing about and they proceeded to show you what hey were reading. The nurses had looked up information on a rather unique incident of a patient who entered the emergency room a couple of weeks ago. They were discussing it and one of the nurses was in the process of printing out this information to share with another one of her friends that worked in the hospital. As a group, arrive at answers which you can justify for the four following questions.
Question 1:
What would you do if you were faced with this situation?
Answer:
We all agree that they are breaking the law of confidentiality. We all agree also that it is our obligation to keep this information confidential and to report this to the appropriate authority right away. If we do not report this behavior we are just as guilty and could be charged......


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