Question

Write a one page paper detailing each of the following;
1. The practice challenges associated with HIPPA.
2. How infection control positively and negatively impacts nursing.
3. The impact that personal hygiene has on patient safety and comfort.
4. The consequences of poor infection control practices.

Answer 1

1, Practice challenges associated with HIPAA include
-cybersecurity risk and poor adherence to HIPAA compliance increases the  data breaches that cause a great threat to cybersecurity.
- breaches through email than any other network server due to carelessness and poor email policies.
-information security risk management plan to meet general security standards.
- maintaining business associate agreement for HIPAA compliance.
-administrative challenges due to poor training to employees, ensuring security measures.
- HIPAA policy, procedure and documentation challenges when not updated.
2, Infeciton control causes positive and quality patient outcomes and ensure patient safety. nusitng scope of practice and hygienic interventions and collaborative multidisciplinary health care team changes patient symptoms experience, control cost, ensure safety and functional status. Infeciton control measures using personal protective equipment negatively impact patient when using gloves, gowns, face shield, it increase patient psychological stress.
3, personal hygiene and cleanliness help patient to maintain possible body images and prevent infections, improve wellbeing and make the patient comfortable physically, mentally and spiritually and increase their satisfaction.
4, poor infection control practice increase hospital acquired infection, increase hospital readmsiion rate, it spread pathogens to all over the body and increase the use of antibiotics. it poses serious risks to patient safety and cause patient dissatisfaction in treatment and provide poor quality health outcome.