Jean, a diabetes nurse educator, recently read an article in an online journal that she accessed through her health agency's database subscription.

Jean, a diabetes nurse educator, recently read an article in an online journal that she accessed through her health agency's database subscription. The article provided a comprehensive checklist for managing diabetes in older adults. She prints and distributes the checklist without citation and gives it to her patients in a diabetes education class. Does this constitute fair use or is this a copyright violation? Explain your answer.