‏The obligation of a medical coder to keep patients ' medical information confidential is an example of the theory of ethics . a ) duty b ) virtue c ) confidentiality d ) consequentialist

Aclient with pernicious anemia asks why she must take vitamin b12 injections for the rest of her life. what is the nurse's best response? a. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an inability to absorb the vitamin because the stomach is not producing sutficient acid." b. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an inability to absorb the vitamin because the stomach is not producing sufficient intrinsic factor." c. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an excessive excretion of the vitamin because of kidney dysfunction." d. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an increased requirement for the vitamin because of rapid red blood cell production."