A nursing instructor is educating a group of student nurses about ...

[CharlieWard]

A nursing instructor is educating a group of student nurses about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The nursing instructor teaches that HIPAA does which of the following? Select all that apply.
 
  1. Guarantees a patient the right to view and obtain a copy of his or her medical record
  2. Guarantees a patient the right to take the original medical chart
  3. Asks a patient to specify who can obtain his or her personal health data
  4. Ensures the right of a patient to amend his or her own health information
  5. Requires hospitals to disclose the way in which a patient's health data will be used

Question 2

A hospital's risk-management team provides the nursing staff with an in-service about incident reports. The in-service should include which of the following pieces of information? Select all that apply.
 
  1. An incident report always involves the patient.
  2. Incident reports are part of the patient's medical record.
  3. A medication error should be documented on an incident report.
  4. A patient, visitor, or employee injury should be documented on an incident report.
  5. An incident report is used to document out-of-the-ordinary things that happen in a health-care facility.

[6ana001]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 1, 3, 4, 5

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 3, 4, 5

[CharlieWard]

Gracias!

[mammy1697]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review