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Assignment:

Please REVIEW QUESTIONS from the textbook.

Part 1

Explain the importance of information management planning.

• Describe the contents of medical records.
• Discuss why it is important to maintain complete and accurate medical records.
• Discuss how the privacy act of 1974 and the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 safeguard a patient privacy.
• Explain the ownership of and who can access a patient medical records.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of electronic medical records.
• Describe why the medical records is important in legal proceedings.
• Describe a variety of ways in which medical records have been falsified
• Explain what is meant by the medical record battleground.

Part 2

• Differentiate among verbal, written, and implied consent.
• Describe the role of the patient, physician, nurse, and hospital in obtaining informed consent.
• Explain how consent differs among competent patients, minors, guardians, and incompetent patients.
• Explain the available defenses For defendants as it related to informed consent.
• Can a patient consent to a procedure and then withdraw it.

Part 3

• Discuss the rights and responsibility of patients as reviewed in this chapter.
• Why should caregivers consider themselves as patient advocates.
• Describe what patients can do to help prevent medical errors.

Part 4

• Describe how ethical theories differ and how ethical principles are helpful to caregivers and the ethics committee in resolving ethical dilemmas.
• Describe how spirituality and religion help shape ones healthcare choices.
• Describe the term situational ethics and how decisions can change as circumstances change.
• Describe the consultative role of the ethics committee and when addressing ethical dilemmas.

Part 5

1. Describe how patients autonomy in making healthcare decision has been impacted by case law and legislative enactments.

• Discuss the following concepts: euthanasia, advance directives, futility of treatment, withholding and withdrawal of treatment, and do not resuscitate orders.
• Explain end of life issues as they related to autopsy, organ donations, research experimentation and clinical trial.
• Describe how much a genetics and stem cell research con have and impact on end of Life issues.
• Discuss the importance of genetic markers.
• Explain why the genetic information non discrimination act was enacted.

Part 6

• Discrete various form of child abuse, how to recognize it and reporting requirements.
• Describe various forms of elder abuse, how to recognize it and reporting requirements.
• Describe the signs of spousal abuse and the role of nurse in addressing the patients safety needs.
• Describe what actions hospital should take to ensure that caregivers addresses suspicion of spousal abuse.
• Discuss the importance of reporting births and deaths.
• Explain why it is important to report communicable diseases, adverse drug reactions, and infectious diseases.
• Explain how and why physician incompetence is reported.
• Explain the importance of incident reporting, sentinel events, and the purpose of root causes analyses.

Source: Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, 14th edition