Case Study - Nursing Professional Roles And Values



Case Study - Nursing Professional Roles And Values

Task A

Nursing activities in primary care will aim to meet the needs of the elderly to prevent misuse of the different levels of care, achieve less dependence on health services and improve quality of care. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, widely known as HIPAA, require healthcare facilities to protect patient confidentiality. Although it was not drafted for environmental purposes, the rules provided the opportunity for recycling patient records.

Under this case scenario, the Healthcare regulations require patient records be maintained for a certain length of time after discharge, but each year records are sent to be destroyed. Nursing standard of practice is a model of recognized and defined practice commonly accepted as correct. Nurses' care, guided by standards of care forms the basis for nursing care based on recent scientific information. The primary nurse is the custodian of the patient, and his role is to promote the health of the patient.

In this case, Mr. E. knowing that Mr. E needs to be under a ventilator to secure his life but, Mr. E decision and initial advance directive oppose the measure that would preserve his life. The nurse is in a dilemma whether to allow ventilation or risk losing Mr. E to the effects of aspiration pneumonia. The good human relationship between colleagues is essential for its value in itself, for its impact on improving patient care and for living in the area of collective work. Slander is unethical or comments can endanger his colleague in the exercise of their profession.

Task B

The foundation of ethical analysis is ethical principles and theories from which guidance is sort so that one may to arrive at he most appropriate decision. This is guided by the duties and roles of a professional and the consequences of the decision made. Ethical principles are those of; beneficence- set to do good to the individual. HIPAA demands privacy regarding a patient's personal information. That includes diagnose as well as information regarding sexuality and history of drug use.

This applies to ALL diagnoses, but because of the social stigmas mentioned earlier, people are even more sensitive when it comes to AIDS disclosures. Inappropriately disclosing info can create family and social stress, employment issues and even housing issues. Patients have the right to sue medical providers if their information is not ...