Answer to Question 1
D
Even family members or friends of the patient are not permitted access to the patient's personal health information without the patient's consent. Federal legislation known as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) requires that those with access to personal health information not disclose the information to a third party without patient consent. The nurse does not need to ask permission from the supervisor because HIPAA laws state what the nurse can do. I would suggest that you leave me out of your family problems is inappropriate because it ignores the request of the family member. Showing the chart and discussing the care is a violation of HIPAA.
Answer to Question 2
B
The code of ethics reflects underlying principles that include responsibility, accountability, re-spect for confidentiality, competency, judgment, and advocacy. An ethical dilemma exists when the right thing to do is not clear or when members of the health care team cannot agree on the right thing to do. The study of bioethics represents a particular branch of ethics (i.e., the study of ethics within the field of health care). Feminist ethics proposes that we routinely ask how ethical decisions will affect women as a way to repair a history of inequality (Lindeman, 2005).
Cheetah mother with cub
The tone of the nurse-patient introduction sets the stage for the patient interview and patient care
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
A patient with exophthalmos.
The remarkably complete skull of a 3-year-old Australopithecus girl; the fossil is 3.3 million ...
Pneumonia patient’s chest x-ray. Note the irregular areas of density.