Jenny is a registered counseling psychologist. Ms Duncan went to see Jenny for counseling after the consistent nightmare that had been ongoing for two weeks. Two days after the consultation, Ms Duncan rang up the clinic requesting a follow up treatment. It has been a long day for Jenny and she planed to review Ms Duncan's clinical record after office hour in order to conduct a organized and well prepared follow-up treatment for Ms Duncan. Due to the tiredness, she only realized she was actually looking through Ms Donna's profile in the second last page of the clinical record. The problem is that Ms Donna is a patient suffering from bipolar disorder who is consulted by another registered psychologist in the clinic. It is suspected that Jenny had breach the confidentiality of viewing other's clinical note.
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www.hdc.org.nzIt is proposed that Jenny should report the situation to the clinic or the Commissioner for the mistake she had made