Ethical education and knowledge of deontological approaches to patients among paramedics is important because the profession of a nurse is one of those where direct contact with another person plays a paramount role. The price of such communication is the health and, often, the life of a person. Responsibility in clinical nursing practice is a conception linked to both legit and ethical aspects of practice and influences quality care, resolution- timber, security norms, and staff valuations (Rubio-Navarro et al., 2019, p.46). Therefore, it is important to teach the medical worker the ethics of communication and the norms of professional behavior.
One of the most important principles that a nurse should follow in her work is to put the interests of the patient in the first place and to be friendly, attentive, and cordial towards the patient. Cordiality is the best means of preventing formalism and insensitivity in the medical profession. The nurse is also obliged to provide medical care that meets the principles of humanity and professional standards, is obliged to bear moral responsibility, to highlight compassion, mercy, and respect for the life and health of the patient (Epstein & Turner, 2015). Professionalism is the basis of medical association with society. The nurse must follow the decisions of the patients, and their problems must prevail. A nurse who follows a code of ethics in nursing also assumes ethical responsibilities: to tell the truth; do no harm; respect the rights of the patient; respect the obligations of other team members; keep one’s word; be dedicated to work; respect the patient’s right to autonomy.
When considering future changes to the Code of Ethics, it is important to note that this is an important milestone in nursing reform. It should be finalized, taking into account new directions in the development of nursing. It would be very useful to see their provisions related to new technologies and their use by nurses. The code may be updated to deal with patients outside the nurse’s area. Such cases may be, for example: working or studying people who need to be told about the prevention of specific infections; adolescent schoolchildren who need to be educated on issues of sexual culture, prevention of STDs and unwanted pregnancies; close relatives of a patient with a severe chronic illness who need assistance in organizing home care.
The use of social media as a nursing student and as a nurse is somewhat different from normal use. After graduating as a nurse, the use of media will be very different from how students are usually used to using social media. This will need to be done more responsibly, understanding what consequences may follow from careless posts or publications. Nurses can bring public attention through the media to issues in medicine that require attention from society or authorities, thereby positively influencing the medical system. However, posting personal patient information or any internal medical affairs on social media is severely punished (Neporent, 2014). In addition, the use of media helps people to learn more about the work of a nurse and her responsibilities. It is also much easier to contact the patient’s family through social networks and instant messengers if you need to urgently convey any information.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines for nursing scholars are the same as the HIPAA guidelines for any other member of a covered reality pool. This is because the HIPAA sequestration rule defines a covered reality’s pool as workers, levies, and trainees, in the interpretation of work, and is under the direct control of similar covered reality, whether or not they’re paid by the it. Still, if a nursing pupil is studying at a tutoring institution that doesn’t qualify as a covered reality i.e., one that doesn’t give healthcare services to non-students, the HIPAA guidelines for nursing scholars don’t apply to the tutoring institution. Nurses can be fired for violating the code, so this is something that should be strictly observed (Wofford, 2019). The sequestration rule protects all collectively identifiable health information held or transmitted by a covered reality or its business mate, in any shape or media, whether electronic, paper or vocal. The sequestration Rule calls this information defended health information.
References
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Neporent, L. (2014). Nurse firing highlights hazards of social media in hospitals. ABC News Internet Ventures. Web.
Rubio-Navarro, A., Garcia-Capilla, D. J., Torralba-Madrid, M. J., & Rutty, J. (2019). Ethical, legal and professional accountability in emergency nursing practice: an ethnographic observational study. International Emergency Nursing, 46, 100777
Wofford, P. (2019). Jussie Smollett case: 50 hospital workers fired for alleged HIPAA violations. Nurse.org. Web.