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
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lock and key method is also known to many in the professional word. The only time we are permitted to break confidentiality is when we feel our client is in danger of being abused or has been abused or a situation where one’s life is in danger‚ this also includes self-harm or a severe mental disability. When speaking of a client with a severe mental disability we can only break confidentiality if a family member is unaware of the client’s condition‚ and the social worker feels a cause for alarm. Besides
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When counseling an individual under the age of 18‚ we are faced with conflicting issues that must be addressed in order to carry on a proper professional relationship. The scenario I will examine here is that of a high school guidance counselor. It is imperative not to interfere with parenting while providing support to the child. I will discuss the pros and cons of counseling minors and how to deal with problematic situations that may arise. Counseling minors can be a positive experience if
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The book chapter that dealt with the topic of ethics was Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy by Gerald Corey. This was the book that was used for the Introduction to Counseling class. The chapter‚ called “Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice”‚ gave a good deal of information about what ethics looks like for a counselor when it comes to therapy. First of all‚ the chapter provided a great basis at the beginning by giving steps that a person needs to take when making an ethical decision
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Running head: Truth Telling‚ Privacy‚ and Confidentiality Truth Telling‚ Privacy‚ and Confidentiality Georgetown University Bioethics in Nursing (NURO 518) Abstract Truth telling‚ privacy and confidentiality are critical aspects of care in the medical field. Establishing an effective nurse-patient relationship is key to an effective plan of care. Situations often arise where ethical considerations have to be made. This case study involves a patient by the name of David Collins. It brings
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workplaces‚ people set to draw a line for what is right and wrong when interacting with others. 3. What is confidentiality? Confidentiality is what is set between an employee and their client that says that they the employee or institution will not release the information that the client tells them. 4. When must a human services worker breach client confidentiality? Although client confidentiality is very important‚ it is also important that if the time and circumstances come‚ then the human services
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come across in your professional career. When we seek the assistance of a counselor in schools or in any other setting we want to know that what we share will not be shared with others. We want to feel comfortable and know that our standards and ethics will not be violated. While working in a school setting we came across Amy who is a 16 year old African American high school student. She went to talk to her high school counselor Mrs. Hill and revealed that she is pregnant but she wants the pregnancy
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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELING Mental Health and Community Counseling COUN 501 Abstract: Counseling is within the reach of anyone in today’s society. The fields of mental health and community counseling allow services to be rendered to anyone that may need these services while in the past these service were only accessible for a person of a higher social standing in essence the rich. Mental health and community counseling had its beginnings several centuries ago. The
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Module 1- Intentional Tort Samuels vs. Southern Baptist Hospital taking place February 13th 1992 in Louisiana. A minor age sixteen Rochelle Harris and her family sue for an Intentional tort from the Southern Baptist’s former employee Raymond Stewart. The injury that occurred here was an incident of a common everyday tort known as rape. Ms. Rochelle was sixteen at the time of this intentional tort she had been admitted to a psychiatric ward at Southern Baptist Hospital by her parents from an attempt
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GenEthics: The Confidentiality vs. Duty to Warn Conundrum GenEthics: The Confidentiality vs. Duty to Warn Conundrum This report will examine the ethical conundrum of patient confidentiality vs. a doctor’s duty to warn a patient of a potential health risk (see Appendix one for scenario). Primarily‚ this report will argue that patient confidentiality cannot be overruled‚ as there is not adequate legal or ethical reasoning to do so and as such
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