You Are on Break in the Nursing Lounge When a Nursing

Multiple Choice

You are on break in the nursing lounge when a nursing assistant enters to tell you that what she just heard about the secretary. She then proceeds to tell you that the secretary's husband is a drug addict and she needs to be watched very carefully on the unit. You ask her what makes her think the secretary might take drugs, and she states that she heard it from someone else. What legal tort has the nursing assistant violated?

A) Slander
B) Libel
C) Assault
D) Negligence