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As an employee of hospital one day you noticed two nurses laughing as they were reading something off of computer screen. You inquired as to what they were laughing at and they proceeded to show you what they were reading. The nurses had looked up information on a rather unique incident of a patient who entered the emergency room a couple of weeks ago. They were discussing it and one of the nurses was in the process of printing out this information to share with another one of her friends that worked in the hospital.

What would you do if you were faced with this situation? Ideas are briefly listed.

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