PATIENTS CONFIDENTIALITY

Patients Confidentiality



Patients Confidentiality

Introduction

The essay will define confidentiality its importance to nursing profession and professional code of conduct. It will further look at possible dilemmas that could arise in interaction between the nurse colleagues and their relatives. How to ensure confidentiality and legislation governing access to confidential information.

Discussion

Confidentiality is keeping secret, the shared information depending on the situation arising. Confidentiality is the values of good care practice that is concerned with protecting private information about the patient and clients obtained during the period of professional practice (Chaloner et al (1997). Importantly all nurses including midwives have legal and professional responsibilities to respect the rights of patients and clients and to treat them equally. The NMC (2002) state that as a registered nurse, midwife or health visitor, you must protect confidential information.

In clinical setting, preserving confidentiality is view as the key to establish trust, promote good relationship and interaction. In the absence of this, nurses might not be able to offer the client the required quality care as expected

Again if client feel confident to communicate their information to the nurse, aware that their information is secure with the assurance that it will be passed on with their consent and on need to know basis (Richards, 2003). This will give them willingness to disclose sensitive and relevant information more freely. Although, the information might have nothing to do with their present ill health, but might later be found to be the contributory factor to the client's condition. Incorporating this information into the care plan might help contribute towards the best holistic care within the multidisciplinary team

My personal method

Client confidentiality is very important aspect in the client-carer relationship, as the client needs to know they can trust their doctor with any information they may wish to share. Ethical issues often arise to question the principle of confidentiality and create conflicts (Bakalis, N., 2000). The examples will be from my placement experience where I worked with clients experiencing mental health illness. I will look into the client's right to confidentiality. The first case is about a patient of mental health condition, has epilepsy and is on daily medication to manage her condition. She attends the IT session at the work centre and being in change of her has been talking to me in confidence about problems with studying. She further said that due to taste of the medicine she occasionally doesn't ...