WEEK 7: HEALTH PRIVACY BREACH DQ
WEEK 7: HEALTH PRIVACY BREACH DQ
Privacy breaches are serious offenses that negatively affect the
trust between nurses and patients. To maintain this trust, nurses
must maintain the privacy and security of patient information.
Read the scenarios below related to the protection of health
information.
Scenario 1
A nurse posted the following comment on her social media page:
“Can this shift be any longer? It started out with a waiting room full
of nagging people that don’t seem to know what “emergency”
means. Then I had to deal with the drama of trying to transfer a
400 lbs. (no joke) intubated COPD patient down the hall to the ICU,
those ICU nurses are such divas and I wasn’t in the mood for their
whining. Someone help!
Describe the privacy and security issues related to this social
media posting.
Scenario 2
A nurse educator is preparing a presentation poster for an
infectious disease conference. She includes pictures of varying
stages of a client’s lesions in the poster.
Describe the privacy and security issues related to the inclusion of
patient information on the poster.
Scenario 3
Marcus was admitted to the hospital from a long-term care

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