Failure to ensure a patient is adequately covered when the gown opens constitutes which privacy issue?

• A. Confidentiality breach
• B. Negligence
• C. Invasion of privacy
• D. Battery

Answer: (C)

The main concept here is protecting a patient’s bodily privacy and modesty. When a gown opens and staff fail to keep the patient adequately covered, it intrudes on the patient’s privacy by exposing their body and dignity in a care setting. That intrusion is the essence of invasion of privacy.

Confidentiality is about keeping private information secret, not about physical exposure. Negligence involves failing to meet the standard of care and could relate to overall care, but the specific privacy issue shown is the intrusion into bodily privacy. Battery requires intentionally harmful or offensive contact; mere exposure due to a lapse in draping isn’t necessarily battery, though it could raise other issues. So the described situation best fits invasion of privacy.