Which statement best describes how the nurse should protect the adolescent's rights in the following situation? if A nurse is conducting a physical assessment on a 17-year-old female. The adolescent's mother asks to see her chart in order to confirm her suspicions that her daughter is sexually active.

Talk with the mother about the concept of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

RATIONALE: The Center for Adolescent Health Policy and the Law has determined that its appropriate for a minor to exercise privacy rights under the HIPAA regulation, whether or not the minor is emancipated. Therefore, it isnt appropriate for the nurse to show the adolescents chart to the mother without the adolescents permission. The physician is held to the same constraints as the nurse, so telling the mother to speak with the physician is inappropriate. FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records, not health records. Parents have the right to review these records and have some control over disclosure of the information contained in them. CLIENT NEEDS CATEGORY: Safe, effective care environment CLIENT NEEDS SUBCATEGORY: Management of care COGNITIVE LEVEL: Analysis REFERENCE: Taylor, C., et al. Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, p. 129.