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Running Head: Ethical Considerations

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Ethical Considerations

Module 04 Project – Ethical Considerations

Tia Branden
Rasmussen College
June 8th, 2021

Module 04 Project – Ethical Considerations

The manager was not legally compliant in protecting the information of the patient. The patient has the right to control her medical information and it is not ethical to reveal the medical information of the patient without their consent. The patient has the right t keep their medical information confidential and can decide whether and how their information should be disclosed. By the nurses sharing the medical information of the patient on social media, it eas unethical and also in violation of individual rights. According to HIPAA, the personal health information of the patient is supposed to be confidential. The healthcare provider has the responsibility to prevent any unauthorized disclosure of personal information, the patient has the right to make their own choices. (DeCamp,2018).
The nurses had violated the autonomy of the patient by disclosing confidential information to social media. The nurses did not act out of the best interest of the patient. It was clear that the patient was not treated fairly by the nurses. Medical attendants are required to act inside the expert domain, ensuring patient secrecy following HIPAA guidelines and the expert code of morals. As per HIPAA guidelines, patient classification should be secured and this incorporates imparting data to partners. In this specific situation, the nursing supervisor was not consistent with HIPAA guidelines. She contacted her obligation to the patient by imparting her clinical data to different medical caretakers. Furthermore, the nursing moral sets of principles necessitate that medical caretakers exhibit proficient direct when dealing with patients, and continually stressing acquiring assent before deciding. The nursing administrator in this crisis case didn’t acquire any assent from the guardians of the youngster before imparting the data to individual medical caretakers, which is a reasonable break of the nursing code of morals.

The age of the patient makes her a minor and she was not legally allowed consent. The decisions were to be made by her parents. Although it is ethical for a patient to have informed consent, minors are not given the right to decision-making. Minors are not allowed to make medical decisions are they are perceived as incapable and incompetent to make the right decision. The authority of consent to receive or refuse treatment remained with the guardian or the parent of the minor. However, some children are minors and still show signs of maturity and therefore they deserve a voice in determining the kind of treatment that they would like to receive. The lawful assurance of ”greater part” has been characterized by sequential age or parental status, and independence, while the moral assurance of minors’ dynamic capacities has been considerably more complex. Determination of a minor’s skill for clinical dynamic ought to incorporate proof that the minor can comprehend the reason for medicines, chances, both long-and present moment results, advantages, and options in contrast to medicines. ( Teaching and learning healthcare professionalism. 2017). 
The importance of communication is to understand the patient and the experience that they express. For the best communication to be achieved, the nurses must be willing to learn and understand ethical issues when dealing with the patients. About the compliance of the ethical standards, there needs to be effective communication to ensure that the nurses adhere o the guidelines and their actions are ethical. Communication help build a positive culture where the nurses work along with each other and overcome challenges they are facing. Lack of communication has negative implications for the organization. The nurses can be sued for sharing personal information of a patient on social media, This affects the reputation of the clinic. ( Odenigbo, 2015).
In a healthcare setting, the use of social media raises ethical and professional issues. The issues are mostly related to the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ information. It is not ethical for a healthcare provider to share the private information of the patient without their consent. Keeping up privacy and confidentiality are essential to the patient-clinical benefits capable relationship, since saving patient trust is basic for capable clinical thought. Without some commitment to the arrangement, various patients would be reluctant to share private information about themselves or their prosperity accounts, which could deal with the movement of clinical benefits. With the happening to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorized in 2003, clinical consideration substances were legitimately allowed to uncover guaranteed prosperity information (PHI) just to work with “treatment, portion, and clinical benefits exercises”.
The reaction to the patient’s case was unethical and illegal. The actions were not in the best interest of the patient. It is illegal to share confidential medical health information on social media. The mission of the clinic is to be patient-centered and to act in the best interest of the patient. The actions were against the perceived value and ethics that are expected in the hospitals. ( Chadwick, & Gallagher, 2016).

References

Chadwick, R., & Gallagher, A. (2016). Ethics and professional codes. Ethics and Nursing Practice, 20-38. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-93299-3_3

DeCamp, M. (2018). Ethical issues when using social media for health outside professional relationships. Social Media in Medicine, 15-23. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315619941-3

Odenigbo, A. (2015). Health professionals’ involvement in politics a means to improve healthcare delivery and healthcare legislation for healthcare seekers in Africa. Value in Health, 18(7), A573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.1898

Teaching and learning healthcare professionalism. (2017). Healthcare Professionalism, 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119044475.ch3