Dr. Williams’ assistant has violated Mary’s confidentiality. Only parts of Mary’s medical record should be sent to the court, and that is from 1995 to the present. The assistant has committed an improper disclosure. Mary can file a civil lawsuit against Dr. Williams and the assistant to recover damages of inappropriate release of her medical record. If Dr. Williams’ assistant is a medical records technician he should be aware of his state statues regarding the medical record and HIPPA.…
Lisa is a candidate that has years of experience working with claims and has a good understanding of medical billing as well.…
The doctor states that his wife was not practicing beyond her scope and he did not refuse to be evaluated at PRC. He stated he found out that PRC was for impaired physicians…
In the event that the Employer is mentally incapacitated or terminally ill as deemed by the Employer’s physician, the Employee will assume a health care power of attorney. The Employee will have authority to make health care decisions on the Employer’s behalf. The Employee will adhere to all requests made in the Employer’s living will. The Employee will also assume ownership of the Employer’s assets according to the Employer’s will.…
Review the Subacute Care Case Pratt(2010) pp. 122-124 and develop a response to Question 8 a, b c (located on the top of page 125 of the text) and post your response. In your response formulate a complete response to each component of Question 8. The response will provide evidence of critical thinking and problem solving applications. Include one reference in addition to the...…
a. Patients who are used to be competent are not longer competent, but they expressed their wishes before becoming incompetent.…
In your project this week, you will explore advanced directives, torts and your role in healthcare while respecting patient’s rights. You will be evaluated on each project on the accuracy of your responses, the completeness of your responses, your ability to think critically about each situation and your overall writing ability. Your responses to the questions below should be constructed in complete sentences using proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. In addition to the grading standards found in the syllabus, projects will also be graded on accuracy and application of course materials. Each answer should be at least one paragraph in length, include supporting facts from the textbook, and an in-text citation.…
Power of Attorney for healthcare; a legal document that gives another person the power to make healthcare decisions for an incompetent person. It goes into effect after the person is considered to be incompetent…
A client called Elsie lives in a nursing home. Together, you have identified that one of her rights is being infringed. This is the right to take part in decisions that affect her. The medical staff at the nursing home are making decisions about how her medical decisions should be treated without any input or agreement from her. What would you suggest she should do?…
4 Be able to manage the risks presented when balancing individual rights and professional duty of care…
Advance directives are a legal document that allows a person to plan, along with making their own choice of end of life wishes, in the event that; they are no longer able to communicate for themselves. The advance directives consist of a living will, which will help guide power of attorney and health care providers on the choices of medical treatment that, they wish to receive. A medical power of attorney is a trusted person that has been chosen to make decisions about the medical care they wish to receive if they are no longer able to communicate for themselves either temporarily or permanently. More so, this would, also include, any end of life decision, along with, any other medical treatment plan. Therefore, medical power of attorney should…
In this discussion post, I will discuss the general power of attorney in the state of Florida. This form is very important, because it could be one of the biggest decisions you can make with your life. With a general power of attorney form, you need to make sure you grant this power to someone who you trust with your life as well as financial, health and legal affairs. I can also see this becoming pretty common for people who are retired. This allows them to have someone handle their money while they sit back and watch their money moving from a distance. I do see some positives coming from signing this document, but I think this transfer of power is very broad and can be a little tricky. This general power of attorney form is mainly popular…
In the scenario the nurse failed to mention the advance directive of the patient’s where is stated that he does not want any ventilator or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Therefore she performed unprofessional conduct by means of negligence due to omission. Ethically, the nurse did not honor the patient’s right and wishes to not be put on a ventilator. Another failure of the nurse in the scenario is not discussing with the doctor and helping to clarify if the patient can be placed on a ventilator or not. She did not act upon nursing standards and did not advocate for the patient. She violated and ignored the knowledge of an existing advance directive concerning the patient by not allowing the safe nursing practice to prevail. Her actions were insufficient and not guided by the principles of the Nursing standards and scope of practice and unethical.…
Outcome 2. Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individuals rights and the duty of care.…
7. Describe what action should be taken if the individual’s wishes conflict with their plan of care in relation to health and safety and their risk assessment.…