Question

A nurse manager’s professional philosophy should take into consideration the client’s rights. Discuss the basic elements of human dignity, confidentiality, privacy, and informed consent.Provide examples of how these elements were addressed for particular patients.

Answer 1

As a nursing professional ,a nurse should protect the rights of the patient.As part of the protecting patient rights sh should maintain the human dignity,cofidentiality,privacy and informed consent for each patient.

* HUMAN DIGNITY: Client must feel worth of himself while receiving the treatment.
eg; client must be given respect by calling him as Mr/Ms/Mrs.never call a client by short names or local nick names.

*CONFIDENTIALITY: Nurse must maintain the confidentiality regarding the client data and treatment aspects.
eg:when a client believe the nurse and gives the information regarding his general/mental health ,the nurse should maintain the confidentiality inorder to continue the treatment process.never lose confidence of client in providing tratment,health teaching.

*PRIVACY:Nurse must provide privacy to the client while providing care to him/her.
eg:while performing some procedure (URINARY CATHETERIZATION) ,the client must be covered properly ,provide necessary screens/curtains to maintain the privacy of the client and avoid unnecessary exposure of the body parts.

*INFORMED CONSENT: When ever necessary nurse must obtain the informed consent of the client for treament,medical/surgical procedures etc.
eg:by obtaining informed consent from the client regarding particular procedure,its clear that te physician/nurse explained about the particular procedure,its need ,and prognosis with that and complications if any.then giving the opportunity to the client to take decision regarding the procedure.
it provides te ethical and legal permission for the treatment aspects.
if the client is unable to provide informed consent,it must be obtained from the parents if the client is a child or from the partner if the client is a husband/wife or from caregiver.