ATI HIPAA Module Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Which of the following actions should a nurse take after witnessing a breach of a
client's confidentiality in a provider's office?
1. Complete a health information privacy complaint form.
2. Anonymously notify the proper governmental agency.
3. Notify the client and ask them to complete a health information privacy
complaint form.
4. Inform the provider that a formal complaint will be submitted if another breach
is committed. - ....ANSWER ...-1
It is the nurse's responsibility to submit complaints to the proper agency regarding
a breach of client confidentiality.
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, A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client following a motor
vehicle crash. The client is unresponsive and the client's spouse is not present at
the facility. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to assist with
obtaining consent for the client' surgery?
1. Ask the facility's Privacy Officer to witness the informed consent document.
2. .Inform the client's friends that are present about the surgery and obtain group
consent.
3. Ask the nursing supervisor to provide implied emergency consent.
4. Inform the provider of the spouse's contact information so consent can be
obtained over the telephone. - ....ANSWER ...-D
Because the client is not cognitively or physically able to provide consent, it is
within HIPAA guidelines to discuss the client's condition with a spouse, close
relative, or friend. Informed consent guidelines mandate obtaining consent from
the client's closest adult relative in an emergency situation because it is deemed in
the best interest of the client.
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Questions and Answers
Which of the following actions should a nurse take after witnessing a breach of a
client's confidentiality in a provider's office?
1. Complete a health information privacy complaint form.
2. Anonymously notify the proper governmental agency.
3. Notify the client and ask them to complete a health information privacy
complaint form.
4. Inform the provider that a formal complaint will be submitted if another breach
is committed. - ....ANSWER ...-1
It is the nurse's responsibility to submit complaints to the proper agency regarding
a breach of client confidentiality.
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, A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client following a motor
vehicle crash. The client is unresponsive and the client's spouse is not present at
the facility. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to assist with
obtaining consent for the client' surgery?
1. Ask the facility's Privacy Officer to witness the informed consent document.
2. .Inform the client's friends that are present about the surgery and obtain group
consent.
3. Ask the nursing supervisor to provide implied emergency consent.
4. Inform the provider of the spouse's contact information so consent can be
obtained over the telephone. - ....ANSWER ...-D
Because the client is not cognitively or physically able to provide consent, it is
within HIPAA guidelines to discuss the client's condition with a spouse, close
relative, or friend. Informed consent guidelines mandate obtaining consent from
the client's closest adult relative in an emergency situation because it is deemed in
the best interest of the client.
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