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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Types of Measurement Scales Marc Waters MKT/441 June 9‚ 2014 Cyndie Shadow Types of Measurement Scales Introduction For this week’s assignment‚ students are to select four types of types of measurement increasing order of sophistication; they are Nominal‚ Ordinal‚ Interval‚ and Ratio. These are categories in which numbers are grouped. This paper will also demonstrate how they can be effective in surveys or questionnaires. Nominal The number we assign to some object‚ idea‚ or behavior is
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RATING SCALES INTRODUCTION Rating scales‚ as the name implies‚ are scales for rating each of the characteristics or activities one is seeking to observe or assess. A rating scale is a set of categories designed to elicit information about a quantitative or qualitative attribute. They enable an observer to systematically and objectively observe a person and record those observations. In the social sciences‚ a common example is the Likert scale in which a person is person selects the rating which
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Patient confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ Carol Hathaway 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‚ Carol Hathaway had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about whatever the patient discussed with her. But upon realizing the high risk of the girl’s behavior‚ Carol Hathaway came to find herself in a dilemma of
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"Patient Confidentiality" (ID: 11116011 Krishna Rana) Description: For the past two weeks I have been working in a large surgical ward that has mass thoroughfare of people in and out of the ward - namely doctors‚ visitors and other allied health care staff. One method of Patient Confidentiality which I have encountered is the use of cavity lockers for each individual patient - which lock patients files and confidential information safely in the wall. In addition‚ these lockers are secured with
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Breaking Confidentiality Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS-437V Breaking Confidentiality We are in a world where everything is electronic from communication between two people to our medical records. Even though we have all this information at our fingertips we still have the right to privacy. Information that could potentially be harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing could be deemed confidential by the person the information pertains too. (Purtilo & Doherty
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SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Bachelor of Science in Aviation Information Technology (BSAIT)‚ we are conducting research study entitled: “CATALOGING LIBRARY SYSTEM OF PHILIPPINE STATE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS‚ MACTAN-CAMPUS‚LAPU-LAPU CITY: BASIS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CATALOGING SERVICES IN LIBRARY”. With this regard‚ kindly answer the question honestly. Your high consideration in honestly answering the questionnaire can help us to fulfill
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standard (2010). The Code of Practice was specific about the legal and professional responsibility of nurses in regards to maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality is also enshrined in the legislation by the Parliament with two laws called the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Human Right Act (1998). Mr. J was handed over as
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Confidential Information‚ the disclosure or production of which there is no objection to other than confidentiality. Each party reserves the right to object to any disclosure of information or production of any documents it deems confidential on any other ground it may deem appropriate. Any party may move for relief from‚ or general or particular modification of‚ the mechanism for maintaining confidentiality herein set forth or the application of this Order‚ in any particular circumstance.
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If a client begins to make a disclosure of abuse it is important to ensure privacy and confidentiality. It is necessary to show that listening skills are employed and that I remain calm and receptive. I must listen without interruption and make it clear that I am taking their disclosure seriously. I must only ask questions of clarification if I am unclear as to what the vulnerable adult is saying. It is important that I acknowledge their courage in coming forward and tell them that they are not responsible
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