Maintain confidentiality since terry is your patient

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Terry is admitted with sepsis with his wife of 2 months in the room. Terry did not tell his wife he has HIV. He admits upon private consultation that they do not use condoms and that he feels his wife is at low risk because his former girlfriend of 8 years never became infected, despite unprotected sex. As a new nurse, you feel a strong obligation to inform the 22-year-old wife that she is at risk of becoming infected with HIV. Which of the following is the best option? Advise Terry if he does not tell the wife, you will. Tell the wife, she has a right to know and is at risk for contracting HIV from her husband. Encourage Terry's doctor to tell the wife so she will not place herself at risk. Maintain confidentiality since Terry is your patient.

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