The nurse accesses a hospital computer during a night shift to chart. The nurse notes the computer was not logged out of and there is an email with a picture of a client attached to it. In the picture, the client's gown is open in the back. In an effort to find the colleague who posted the picture, the nurse emails it to the entire unit staff asking if they received the following email. What are the nurse manager's responsibilities in this situation?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

The nurse accesses a hospital computer during a night shift to chart. The nurse notes the computer was not logged out of and there is an email with a picture of a client attached to it. In the picture, the client's gown is open in the back. In an effort to find the colleague who posted the picture, the nurse emails it to the entire unit staff asking if they received the following email. What are the nurse manager's responsibilities in this situation? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

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The nurse manager cannot move forward because the picture was posted on a personal email account

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The nurse manager must contact the client's attending physician to report the incident

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The nurse manager must discipline and report the nurse who forwarded the picture of the client

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The nurse manager must contact the client's family to alert them to what has happened

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