Vascular Access Exam Prep

Category - Vascular Access Practice Test

In which of the following situations can the nurse release client information without obtaining the client’s consent first?
  1. A member of the research team is inquiring about a client who is a subject of a clinical trial.
  2. A documentary film is doing a story on the client.
  3. The client has a communicable and infectious respiratory disease.
  4. The client’s relative who is a physician in the same hospital asks for information.
Explanation
Answer: C - Highly communicable diseases are reportable to the appropriate agency that handles this sort of data. The nurse, however, could not release information to another individual, group, or agency without a written consent of the client. The nurse and other members of the health care team cannot disclose any information unless required by law or if the said information threatens bodily harm to the client or to another individual.
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