Explain John Cotter privacy and confidentiality case study
Post a thoughtful response to at least two (2) other colleagues’ initial postings. Responses to colleagues should be supportive and helpful (examples of an acceptable comment are: “This is interesting – in my practice, we treated or resolved (diagnosis or issue) with (x, y, z meds, theory, management principle) and according to the literature…” and add supportive reference. Avoid comments such as “I agree” or “good comment.
This discussion post will review confidentiality and privacy in our role as Nurses. We will define privacy and confidentiality and discuss the case study in our course book (Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing)Privacy is the right of an individual to decide what happens to their personal information; confidentiality is an ethical obligation to protect that privacy, (Burkhardt & Nathaniel 2014).The case study requires the nurse to evaluate if the patient’s right to privacy is superseded by the nurse’s obligation to report abuse of a minor. Privacy and confidentiality are the primary ethical principles that need consideration in this case study. However, other ethical principles such as respect for autonomy, advocacy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, veracity and fidelity need also to be considered in part or full.Both choices -the choice to maintain or the choice to not maintain confidentiality- have potential negative outcomes. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
