Patient Care Approaches Answers

Indicate whether you think the situation in each scenario below is likely to be a legal requirement, an ethical requirement, a professional standard, or more than one of these.A rule stating that a nurse must achieve a certain level of education and pass a certain test A request that a healthcare professional attend an awards dinner for members of his or her professional organization A suggestion that hospital workers avoid talking about patients in the cafeteria A state rule saying that patients need to be provided with copies of all important admission documents they have signed

Select whether the information given is protected health information or information that is not protected.A list of babies born at the local hospital sent to the city clerk’s office A county health commissioner’s report stating that there were fifteen people infected with flu in the county during a given month A press release from a hospital stating only that after a gas leak at a local school, three people were treated for sickness and then released from the hospital A spreadsheet document containing the names, addresses, and health insurance identification numbers of all patients admitted to a facility in 2011