Maintaining Confidentiality Course 117 TWO contact hours By: Monica Oram‚ RN‚ BSN Upon completion of this course the reader will be able to achieve the following objectives: 1. Define confidentiality and related key terms 2. Define the concepts concerning confidentiality 3. Understand what is considered confidential information 4. Understand the outcomes of breach of confidentiality 5. Understand responsibilities as a healthcare worker with private and confidential information
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Confidentiality is the protection of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the patient‚ and not telling others including friends and family. (Learning‚ n.d.). For example‚ the information about a child suffering from Cystic Fibrosis should not be disclosed to anyone other than the child and his/her parents. Confidentiality involves restricting patient’s information and not disclosing personal data of patients indiscriminately. For example‚ telling
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Ethical theories and principles that are related to confidentiality are- confidentiality is one of the most basic principles in health care practice and it is the most long-standing ethical dictum in health care codes of ethics. It is the practice of keeping harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing patient information within proper bounds. The right to privacy gives legal standing to this ethical principle.). a reliable test for who among team members should be given certain types of information is need
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What is the nature and extent of the employee’s duty of confidentiality? Introduction In every business enterprise‚ there is certain information that employer’s wish to remain confidential. This is particular vital in the global era where there is lower job security‚ higher job mobility and situations where employees work multiple jobs. Employees are bound by the duty of confidentiality‚ where they are forbidden to disclose certain information obtained during the course of employment. The
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Should employers use noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants? If so‚ under what circumstances? What should an employer do if someone that the employer wants to hire is a party to a restrictive covenant with a previous employer? A noncompetition agreement is a type of “restrictive covenant‚” i.e.‚ a promise by an employee not to engage in certain behavior that is contrary to the employer’s interests. A covenant “not to compete” generally is a promise that the employee will not
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In the nursing profession‚ keeping patient confidentiality is of the upmost concern. It is an important feature of the nurse -patient relationship and must be maintain as basis of providing care. Confidentiality is described as respecting other people’s secret and keeping security information gathered from individuals in the privileged circumstances of a professional relationship. (Lee and Godbold ‚ 2012). The privacy act offer nurses some flexibility in using professional opinion regarding disclosure
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Running head: ETHICS OF CONFIDENTIALITY Ethics of Confidentiality Stacy L. Reynolds Grand Canyon University: NRS437V March 24‚ 2012 Ethics of Confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ a nurse became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ the nurse had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about
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Arbitration Agreement between the parties prior to the emergence of the dispute. As per Section 7‚ such an agreement must be in writing. The contract regarding which the dispute exists‚ must either contain an arbitration clause or must refer to a separate document signed by the parties containing the arbitration agreement. The existence of an arbitration agreement can also be inferred by written correspondence such as letters‚ talex‚ or telegrams which provide a record of the agreement. An exchange
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DISTRIBUTORSHIP AGREEMENT This Distributorship Agreement is made and entered into by and between Greenfoot Global CORPORATION‚ a U.S. corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin‚ U.S.A.‚ having its principal place of business at 405 East Forest Street/Suite: 15‚ Oconomowoc‚ Wisconsin‚ U.S.A.‚ (hereinafter referred to as "Company") and Greenfoot RUS Limited Liability Company‚ a company registered under the laws of the Russian Federation‚ having its principal place of business
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To improve security and confidentiality in the workplace‚ you should: • Not allow computer screens to be seen by unauthorised people • Ensure people can’t see confidential documents that aren’t meant for them • Log off your computer if it is unattended • Use computer passwords that are not easy to guess • Double check outgoing emails before you send them • Never gossip or share confidential information • Err on the side of caution when disclosing information
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