Judgement is a vital trait to have in a nursing profession. It involves both intellectual and professional maturity from the nurse. Judgement alone requires the ability from the nurse to pay attention to the clients surroundings‚ taking into account all the events that have occurred and making an appropriate judgement based on these reasons. It can be defined as “having an idea‚ a clear opinion following a period of reflexion whereas the term clinical indicates that it is related to the patient”
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Running Head: THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE JOLY S. PHILIP Grand Canyon University: NRS-437v Instructor: Amy Salgado 07/27/2012 Introduction The concept of confidentiality in nursing is founded on the philosophy and principles laid out by the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge. The ethical need for confidentiality emerges from the need for establishing a trustful relationship between the patient and the nurse. The patient
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performance and ethics for nurses and midwives’ (2008) states: "You must respect people’s right to confidentiality." "You must ensure people are informed about how and why information is shared by those who will be providing their care." "You must disclose information if you believe someone may be at risk of harm‚ in line with the law of the country in which you are practising." Confidentiality A duty of confidence arises when one person discloses information to another in circumstances where
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Confidentiality What does it mean? Confidentiality means not sharing information about people without their knowledge or consent. It is ensuring that all information stored either on paper or electronically is inaccessible to anyone who does not have permission to access it. How to maintain confidentiality? Don’t share information with people who do not NEED it by only sharing the information in a concise and informative manner with the people who NEED to be informed. Maintain information on
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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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All nurses and midwives have to comply with the legislation relating to confidentiality. Data Protection Act came into place in 1998‚ the purpose of the Act is to protect individuals by how data is controlled‚ store‚ obtained and disclosed. Data Protection Act is designed to make sure and put in place what personal information may or may not be shared and also what can be with the information. Confidentiality has been described as central to preserving the human dignity of patients. All nurses and
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how the service worker should treat service users. There are five different care values: - Promoting Anti-Discriminatory practice. -Maintaining confidentiality of information. -Respect and acknowledging individual choice‚ culture‚ Identity and beliefs. -Promoting effective communication and relationships. -Promoting empowerment. Confidentiality is ensuring service users private information is only accessible on a need to know basis and is protected from those who are not authorised to view
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Confidentiality Confidentiality is very important while working in a child’s workforce. Some information that concerns you needs to be shared but only with your super visor or maybe a parent or carer. Other information needs to be strictly confidential. The only necessary information to be shared within all staff and not just your super visor is food allergies‚ personal arrangements etc. For example‚ if a parent comes to you for some advice or a gossip about her having an argument with her other
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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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Christy Figueroa 109 cr 44150 Powderly‚Tx 75473 Student id# 21732115 Confidentiality of Health Information‚ HIT 109 Research project number (40903400) In the medical field correct medical files are very important. Sometimes errors are just a typographical error. Any information that will have an effect on a diagnosis ‚treatment‚ or ability to be contacted will affect you and your health today and in the future‚ should be corrected. If you correct something it should be time stamped and dated
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