NR 599 Week 7 Midweek Comprehension Questions

Sample Answer

At some point in life, everyone becomes the patient. With information technology comes a lot of benefits or pros and cons such as a decrease in medication errors, easy and fast flow of patient information for everyone involved.

However, there are times when the privacy of or clients have not been protected. Everyone is entitled to the maximum level of personal privacy, respect, empathy, care and advocacy. Unfortunately, the people we claim to care so much for are no longer seen and treated as individuals because we have generated them a number, and a very impersonal label called, “Patient.”

Over and over I have said to colleagues, if we follow the textbooks, we will lose those who came to us for help. We have to get to know them on an individual level and have the ability to communicate with them on an individual level as a person.

We get frustrated and lessen the level of care we feel to protect and safeguard our clients in multiple ways because we are not relating to them as individuals with individual needs so if one request a list of their medications, request that the clerk do not ask them to say their social security number, full name and date of birth out aloud in the queue at the pharmacy or leave their name and date of birth uncovered in the visitor log at the reception, in return for personal privacy of one’s personal information is an attitude and other labels that this person is difficult.

Evidence shows what people are capable of ding with someone’s personal information. Evidence has also showed how dehumanising someone may feel when their personal information is broadcasted. Every evidence based step we take is an act that was carried out by someone. Therefore, we cannot always wait for someone else to be the one to come up with the evidence and even when they do, we still ignore them.

Whenever we ignore the steps we should take to protect client privacy, we are ignoring evidence based research. As an APN, whether or not my clients are private pay or ACA (Obamacare) it is my responsibility to protect the personal privacy and confidentiality of my patients .

While technology has brought immensely good benefits to our clients, information flow does not translate to leaving patient information any and everywhere for everyone to see. This is where HIPPA comes in to guide with evidence.

Unfortunately, more times than not, we see individuals as, “Patient” not person. Therefore, as an APN, it is my goal to put the person back into patient.

Everyone need and deserve protection and as a Provider and leader, it is my responsible to lead with conscience and conviction to indiscriminately protect the privacy or every individual with or without information technology.

Information technology may negatively or positively affect our patients and their subsequent delivery care if their personal information ends up on the dark web or did not receive the necessary diabetic treatment to administer insulin at home or their insulin was not delivered fast enough resulting in DKA.
how information technology affects the patient and the subsequent delivery of care.