Dr. Edward from another hospital comes to seek the medical record of patient William. The duty nurse should ensure that:
  1. The senior nurse signs a release before providing medical records to another party
  2. The doctor signs a release before providing medical records to another party
  3. The patient signs a release before providing medical records to another party
  4. She directly hands over the medical records since the person seeking this information is a doctor.
Explanation
Answer- C - The nurse should ensure patient signs a release before providing medical records to another party. Confidentiality is the obligation and ethical responsibility in a professional-patient relationship. Nurses should ethically protect the information they possess concerning the patient and family. The patient needs to sign a release before the duty nurse can give over his medical records to another doctor.
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