Data Analytics

Scenario 1

This case is involving a comment made by the nurse about the patient using her social media page without consideration of any harm that she or might cause to the patient in terms of privacy or security. Such social media post does not consider the importance of confidentiality thus putting the patient at risk of being identified by other parties who are not playing an important role in their healthcare (Surani et al., 2017).

The use of social media does not guarantee privacy and security, especially when sharing health-related information. The privacy setting on the social media account does not guarantee that other individuals would not be able to see another persons' post. Therefore, before posting, it is important to inquire on whether the information shared could reveal the identity of the patient even if the client's name is not included. The healthcare provider needs to reflect on the potential outcomes of posting unsuitable content on social media since everything posted on social media will always remain there for longer and forever and can be retrieved even after it has been deleted.

The information associated with everything that has been learned about the clients has to be protected. There is a need to assure patients of confidentiality that their dignity and essential health information will be protected. The breaching of the trust even unintentionally leads to the damage of the existing relationship between the nurse and patient. It leads to the loss of trustworthiness of the nursing profession thus leading to poor access to healthcare services from the providers (Surani et al., 2017).

Scenario 2

Several negligences are avoidable through being strict and observant to ethical guidelines on how to handle patients' information and protecting patients' health information. The inclusion of the pictures of the varying stages of the client's lesions in the poster reveals every detail of the condition that the patient suffers from and this goes against the ethical and legal rules aimed at protecting the privacy and security of the patients' information (Wang & Bashir, 2020).

Even though there is no mentioning of the client to lead to easy identification of the person suffering from the condition, the pictures provide the information that makes it easier to identify the client. Additionally, the attendance in the conference does not form part of the client's circle of care, therefore, such important information is not supposed to be shared with them. The informed consent with whom to share patient's information like in the case of the photos must be considered and adhered to during service delivery (Petersen & Lehmann, 2018). There are organizational policies that guide the practice of taking and sharing photos of clients. In case the client has consented to the idea, the documentation of such consent must be made.

Scenario 3

This is a scenario involving a client known as Marcus who is under a long-term care facility after diagnosis with dehydration and delirium. The patient is expected to return to the hospital as the nurse in charge makes a call for an update concerning the status of the patient. This is a case whereby both the long-term care facility and the hospital are the custodians of the health information (Wang & Bashir, 2020). The health information custodians and the agents can make assumptions that they have a patient's implied consent to allow them to share their personal health information.

Therefore, the nurse in the hospital is allowed to share with the long-term care facility any updates about the health status of the patient. The goal of sharing such information is to ensure that the patient gets assistance for his healthcare demands. There can only be an exception when the hospital nurse is knowledgeable that the patient or any of his substitute healthcare decision-makers is having specific requests for the health information not to be shared with the long-term care facility (Surani et al., 2017).

References

Petersen, C., & Lehmann, C. U. (2018). Social media in health care: time for transparent privacy policies and consent for data use and disclosure. Applied clinical informatics, 9(04), 856-859.