Postoperative Wound Infections in Healthcare

Ethics, Computers, and Nursing Practice Choose and complete one of the following three cases for this discussion. Case Study 1 You are curious about the outcomes of nursing care for patients with postoperative wound infections in your health care setting. To gather the necessary patient data, you will need to review the electronic medical records of patients from the past five years. The results of the project will help guide a quality improvement team’s interventions to decrease the length of stay due to wound infections. What are the legal, ethical, and privacy issues that must be considered? Cite credible sources that support your assertions and conclusions. Include what was unclear or inadequately addressed in the assigned readings or other articles you located. State what more you would like to know about this topic. Will you need to contact the patients and ask permission to access their records? Support your opinion. State what additional information would help you craft a better answer to this question. Case Study 2 You work in a clinic that supports the local nursing school as a clinical site. The clinical instructor needs access to the electronic medical record to make assignments for the students. The clinic staff members typically log into the system to allow the instructor access to the records. The facility’s privacy specialist has questioned the practice and has convened a group to explore next steps. What are the legal, ethical, and privacy issues that must be considered? Cite credible sources that support your assertions and conclusions. Include the relevant factors or considerations that seem not to have been addressed in the readings or other articles you located. State what more you would like to know about this topic. How would you handle this situation? What are the implications for the clinic and for the patients? What are acceptable strategies to ensure that the facility is in compliance with national privacy regulations? What is some credible evidence for your strategies? What evidence would convince you to think differently? What additional information would you need to answer this question more thoroughly? Case Study 3 Your outpatient centre is planning to implement a telehealth program for following up after clinic visits. The program will be staffed by three RNs who will have standardized protocols for managing clinical issues. The management team for the outpatient centre is concerned about cost and the potential volume of patients calling and has suggested that the call length should be evaluated. How would you respond to these concerns and the call length suggestion? What are the legal, ethical, and privacy issues what must be considered? Cite credible sources that support your assertions and conclusions. State whether cost and call volume are important. Why or why not? What strategies would help the telehealth nurses avoid ethical distress? What is some credible evidence for your strategies? What evidence would convince you to think differently? What additional information would you need to answer this question more thoroughly?