Regarding a patient’s right to information, which of the following options would not be involved?

A The facility’s staff shares the complete medical history of the patient’s roommate.

explanation

It would completely be in violation of the roommate’s privacy if the staff were to divulge the complete medical history of the patient’s roommate. All of the other options are a part of a patient’s right to information.

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Regarding to caring behaviour by a health care professional, which of the following options is not an example?

Asking a co-worker to finish up your duties so that you’re not late to lunch.

Your primary concern should always be your patient's care.

A nursing assistant overhear another assistant talking about a resident with co-workers while he/she was to enter the facility’s cafeteria. Of the following options, which resident right is being violated?

The resident’s right to privacy

The right to privacy is the only one that applies to this specific case though each of the above are patient’s rights. The other rights for this case are not being violated.

Restorative Nursing is…

When a patient is aided in gaining and maintaining their functionality and well being.

The other answers do not contribute restorative care.

Of the options below, which one would be a violation of patient's right to privacy?

Two nursing assistants are discussing a patient’s medical condition in the lunchroom.

Members of a patient’s immediate healthcare team who are treating that patient are allowed to discuss their treatment. It would directly be violation of the patient’s right to privacy when speaking about a patient with another nursing assistant, who may or may not be part of the team, in a lunchroom where the conversation could be overheard by others.

What should nursing assistants do when their patient has visitors?

Give the patient and their guests privacy.

Each patient has the right to have visitors and to privacy. When dealing with visitors, the other options are inappropriate actions for an NA to take.

What does this mean when you've just arrived at the facility to begin your shift and the charge nurse is putting a patient in restraints?

Check on the patient every 2 hours to assess their basic needs, circulation and bathroom necessities.

Understanding that restraints are a measure used to keep a resident from harming themselves and they are not a form of punishment is extremely necessary. Nursing assistants are still able to care for a resident who is in restraints.

Of the options below, which one is correct?

The administrator tells a patient’s family that every resident has access to a telephone and privacy for calls.

Although there may not be a phone for each patient at the facility, each patient has the right to phone privileges and to privacy as well. The other options restrict these rights of the patients.

In the event that the patient was to pass away, they said something about their resuscitation wishes, and a patient’s family members ask you to check what the resident’s record says about. After checking the records, you see that the patient has given permission to share all medical information with their family members. You also see the initials DNR in the patient’s advance directive. You tell the family:

The patient’s file has a notation that says they do not wish to be resuscitated.

DNR is a universal abbreviation for “DO NOT RESUSCITATE.” Remember: you would never release any resident information to the family if there was not explicit permission found in the resident’s files. It would be in violation of HIPAA regulations when giving that information without the resident’s permission, which should be known, understood, and followed at all times by all healthcare professionals.

Telephoning privileges is the right of all patients. Of the following options, which one would correctly describe these rights?

Phone access and privacy are provided to each patient.

residents have the right to have connect to both a telephone and the privacy to utilize it. A phone call that is supervised would violate the resident’s privacy and scheduled hours to us the phone restricts the resident’s rights. A resident does not have to bring his or her own phone to be able to utilize one.

When sharing a patient’s personal information, who of the following options is it appropriate?

The nursing assistant on the following shift.

"Relevant patient information may only be shared with those directly involved in caring for the patient by health care professionals" HIPAA privacy laws stated.

There are two patients in your care that belong to your religious congregation have been asking each other about their medical condition. They are both worried and they know that you care about each of them. Your best response to these two patients would be:

Tell both patients that you would be violating the facility’s policies and also violating both their rights if you were to share this information.

Not only does options A, B and C disregard your code of conduct about keeping resident information only amongst the members of the resident’s healthcare team but also avoid the problem.

Of the options below, which one would be inappropriate to share a patient’s healthcare information with?

The patient’s best friend who pays him weekly visits.

In oder to provide the best treatment for patients, the patient’s healthcare team will need access to the patient’s healthcare information. Giving the patient’s friends access to the patient’s health care records is not appropriate.