ou are employed as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) in a small town. (In California and Texas, the term for this profession is "licensed vocational nurse" - abbreviated as LVN.) A woman visits the clinic where you work, complaining of a rash on her body. She says she recently came in contact with a child who had the same symptoms, and she asks, "What did this child see the doctor for, and what was the diagnosis?" She explains that she needs to know, so that she can be immunized if necessary. You explain that you cannot give out this information, but another LPN overhears, pulls the child's chart, and gives the woman the information she requested. Did both LPNs in this scenario act ethically and responsibly? Explain your answer.
Yes both the licenced practical nurses are right about their judgement in their own way.
The first one tries to protect the patient's right of confidentiality by not sharing her information to the other patient for whatever the reason it might be until and unless she takes the permission from the parents of the child to reveal about her condition.
On the other hand the second nurse tries to protect the patient's condition by trying to provide help as early as possible in order to prevent her from getting further complications.
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