The nurse has a duty to protect Sally and not give away information about when Sally works. The most appropriate response is to involve the nurse manager with the guise of allowing the patient to compliment Sally to the nurse manager. The nurse should not reveal when Sally will work, as the nurse cannot be sure of the dynamic between the patients. For this reason, the nurse should also not ask the charge nurse to assign Sally to the patient; this is inappropriate. Asking what the nurse can do to be more like Sally is inappropriate and not conducive to maintaining professional boundaries.