The nurse is caring for a client when the attending physician comes in to round on the client. At the nurses’ station, the nurse smells alcohol on the physician’s breath when he hands her the chart with new orders. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

notify the nurse manager and or/charge nurse confront the physician about the smell of alcohol tell the client and request a consult with another physician ente...

The nurse is caring for a group of clients in an alcohol rehabilitation facility. A local news station is doing a story on addiction, and a representative comes to the facility, asking to interview a client. A client agrees to appear in the story, and the crew films an interview in the dayroom, showing a glimpse of other clients. Which violation has the nurse committed?

allowing clients in a substance abuse facility to be interviewed by the media violating the HIPAA need to know rule releasing information about a minor without ...