Unit Two Assignment: MaKayla Smith- Assignment-Unit2 1. Define “standard of care.” How would appropriate “standard of care” be determined in this case? Standard of care is were the provider should follow a certain way of treatment depending on the patient, their illness, and clinical situation. (Standard of Care, 2012). I feel the appropriate standard of care for the case study would be for the doctor to perform the procedure.
“Why are health care professionals required to gain consent before providing treatment and care” Health care professionals are required to gain consent before providing treatment and care to every patient in both the public and private health care setting. Consent is a voluntary agreement with an action proposed by another. The person must be of significant mental capacity and be in possession of essential information about the procedure in order to give valid consent. Informed consent is given based on the principles of autonomy and privacy whereby the patient must be informed of the risks benefits of the procedure, which will take place. Informed consent could be implied, explicit, verbal or written.
Name: Unit 4 Project Questions 1. What is the purpose of having an advance directive? The purpose of an advance directive or as its also referred to as a living will, is to inform your doctor of what you would like done in the case of your illness or you incapability of making medical decisions on your own. Each state varies on its policy but it’s basically done with just you your doctor and a witness. 2.
Autonomy is defined by healthcare as “you shall not treat a patient without the informed consent of the patient or his or lawful surrogate, except in narrowly defined emergencies”(Baillie, McGeehan, Garrett & Garrett, 2010, p. 32). The question posed by this week’s discussion is what constitutes an emergency. There are three conditions that must be met in order for a situation to be considered emergent. First, the patient must be in danger of losing his/her to life or severe impairment. The Army has a phrase for determining precedence in medevacs which has served me well in determining what is an emergency: “life, limb, or eyesight.” Second, immediate intervention is indicated to minimize or alleviate the dangers.
Nurses are often the first point of contact for patients. Patients often must disclose personal details about their life style and past experience with nurses. This disclosure happens under the assumption that this information will only be shared on a need to know basis with those involved in their care. According to this article HIPAA regulation includes four main components: 1) Establishes limits for appropriate use and release of healthcare information; 2) Provides individuals with more control over their health information; 3) Requires the majority of healthcare providers and their agents to comply with safeguards to protect individual privacy related to healthcare information; 4) Delineates a set of civil and criminal penalties
Corey, Schneider and Callanan (2011, p. 160) writes “The first Step in protecting the rights of clients is the informed consent document.” In any form of practice whether that be medical, or counseling, informed consent is not only an important part of treatment, but it’s mandatory. Corey, Schneider and Callanan (2011) continues to say “informed consent involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make autonomous decisions pertaining to it.” Informed consent must be a written agreement between you and the client, the consent document not only protects the patients right, but it also allows the counselor to get the patient involved in his or her own treatment. Corey, Schneider and Callanan (2011, p. 160) Writes “informed consent is a shared decision-making process in which a practitioner provides adequate information so that a potential client can make an informed decision about participating in the professional relationship.” Counseling is most effective when approached as a collaborative effort between counselor and client. At times, the process of counseling may be difficult. Working toward positive change often requires you to step out of your comfort zone and take some risks.
(Lloyd & Craig, 2007, p. 42) stated, “It is essential to allow sufficient time to complete the history. Not allowing enough time can result in incomplete information, which may adversely affect the patient’s care”. In addition, the nurse needs to remember not to rush, or hurry the patent and make sure they feel comfortable in the environment. The next key point is communication. The nurse needs to be open, nonjudgmental, using verbal and nonverbal communication, and remain professional.
What are the Implications if informed consent and confidentiality are not followed? Discuss processes to Ensure that clients understand these policies. Trust is the most importance to build a therapeutic relationship between client and professional. I want my clients to be able to confide in me so that I may be able to give the best treatment required for my client. In order to maintain that trust, you must understand confidentiality and what it means in our treatment.
TOURO UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL BHM 443 Module 5 – Case assignment Professor – afrookhteh Informed consent is a legal condition where a patient who is fully informed may participate in choices involving their healthcare. This comes from a legal and ethical right that the patient has to direct what happens to his/her body and the ethical duty of the provider to involve the patient in their healthcare. The elements of informed consent as described by (Law and Health) states that in order for a patient to give full consent they must understand the nature of the decision as well as the procedure and its specifics. Their then must be an assessment of the patient to ensure that the patient understands the procedure. The elements of conformed consent are Reasonable alternatives to the proposed intervention, the relevant risks, benefits, and uncertainty’s, the final step is acceptance of the intervention by the patient.
PRIVACY – maintaining the service user’s rights to privacy. I would do this by making sure they are not intruded upon by other service users, staff, relatives and friends 5. INDEPENDENCE – always making sure that as a care professional I empower the service users What is consent? Consent is giving permission to do something. In health and social care settings it usually means that the individual gives consent to take part in an activity or to accept some kind of care or treatment.