Privacy and Confidentiality Maintaining privacy and confidentiality for patients is a fundamental duty of care as a nurse. It is clearly stated that "a nurse must treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as confidential" (ANMC‚ 2003‚ pg. 4). Although the terms privacy and confidentiality are often interchanged‚ they should be distinguished. Privacy refers to one’s ownership of one’s body or information about one’s self‚ whereas confidentiality refers specifically
Premium
References Myers‚ Julie‚ Frieden‚ Thomas R.‚ Bherwani‚ Kamal M. Henning‚ Kelly J.(2008‚ May)‚ American Journal of Public Health(Vol. 98 Issue 5‚ p793-80); Ethics in Public Health Research: Privacy and Public Health at Risk: Public Health Confidentiality in the Digital Age RetrievedFrom: http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.rasmussen.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=49f44b71-cdab-436b-8567-68514587d92f%40sessionmgr104&vid=9&hid=20 Public health agencies increasingly use electronic means
Premium Ethics
the procedures‚ treatment‚ research or any other thing that the client is consenting to. This also includes authorizing the counselor to release information‚ communicate by email‚ text‚ or to record a session. 2. Privilege only applies to legal settings. the privilege between psychotherapists and clients offers legal protection to the confidential therapeutic relationship by granting mental health professionals a release from releasing information that might be useful in a judicial arena. Privilege
Premium Ethics Psychology Psychotherapy
Patients normally share their personal information with the health care providers. If the privacy of this information were not protected‚ these records may go to unsafe hands or third parties. So‚ why healthcare confidentiality is important? Healthcare confidentiality means that all the personal and medical information given to a medical provider will not be revealed to others people except if the person give the permission for release. Moreover‚ it is the right of the persons to keep their medical
Premium Patient Law Physician
1. Should Corrections be date and time stamped? Yes‚ According to the “American Medical Association” medical record should be date‚ and time stamped and identifying the corrector or the person that make any changes of any sort. In today legal matter all correction in medical record should be dated‚ time and stamped. 2. When should a patient be advised of the existence of computerized databases containing medical information about the patient? According to the AMA Policy‚ the patient should
Premium Electronic medical record Physician Database
summarize the main points of the article you chose (one page). I read the article about confidentiality for teenagers. In the article it offered very interesting insight as to why teenagers avoid going to receive reproductive care services. It was found that the number one reason for teens not seeking reproductive health services is because of their parents. The reasons teenagers wanted the confidentiality of their visits kept away from their parents was mainly from fear of retribution or to start
Premium Pregnancy Abortion Birth control
suffering significant harm. Education act 2002 States that the following agencies/individuals have a duty of care and responsibility to safeguard children and young people‚ to keep them safe and free from harm. Local authority‚ governing bodies‚ head teachers‚ teachers‚ teaching assistants‚ or anybody else that comes into contact with children or young people through a school setting. Children act 2004 The act is ultimately in place to make a safer environment for children of all ages to be
Premium Abuse Bullying Child abuse
Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings The knowledge and skills addressed in this unit are key to working effectively in all aspects of your practice. It is essential to know how to evaluate your work and how you can improve on what you do‚ and to understand the factors that have influenced your attitudes and beliefs. With the major changes‚ new policies and ongoing research in this sector‚ you need to make sure that you are up to date in
Premium Sociology Social work International Federation of Social Workers
CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS Jennifer Sherwood Kaplan University CM107 December 16‚ 2013 Confidentiality Rules Upon arriving at a new physician’s office a patient is given a clipboard with several papers on it‚ and is told to fill it out and return to receptionist when finished. What are all these papers‚ and why do they need to be filled out? These are actually very important to the care that the patient will receive. Every time a patient is seen by health care professional
Premium Law Patient Medicine
independent as possible -treating people with dignity and respect -recognising that working with people is a partnership rather than a relationship controlled by professionals Person-centred care has its focus on the person with an illness and not on the disease in the person. To achieve truly person-centred care we need to understand how the individual experiences his or her situation if we are to understand their behaviours and symptoms. This requires in-depth understanding of the individual’s
Premium Health care Respect Rights