John is a 37-year-old client who has recently attempted suicide. The nurse has brought John bath linens for his bath. The psychiatric nurse’s cell phone rings and she answers and speaks to a friend. John is telling the nurse that his mother is visiting him this afternoon and he does not want her to know why he has been admitted to the psychiatric unit. The nurse asks, “What did you say?” John repeats his request to the nurse. The nurse tells John, “I will not share information with your family or friends without your permission.”
That afternoon, the client’s mother visits John and asks the psychiatric nurse the reason her son has been admitted for treatment. The nurse tells John’s mother that he took a bottle of Tylenol and a friend took him to the emergency room.
What component of the nurse-client relationship has the nurse violated?
