Assessment 2 Instructions: Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices

Prepare a 2-page interprofessional staff update on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.As you begin to consider the assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Breach of Protected Health Information (PHI) activity. The will support your success with the assessment by creating the opportunity for you to test your knowledge of potential privacy, security, and confidentiality violations of protected health information. The activity is not graded and counts towards course engagement.Health professionals today are increasingly accountable for the use of protected health information (PHI). Various government and regulatory agencies promote and support privacy and security through a variety of activities. Examples include:Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR).Provision of EHR incentive programs through Medicare and Medicaid.Enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules.Release of educational resources and tools to help providers and hospitals address privacy, security, and confidentiality risks in their practices.Technological advances, such as the use of social media platforms and applications for patient progress tracking and communication, have provided more access to health information and improved communication between care providers and patients.At the same time, advances such as these have resulted in more risk for protecting PHI. Nurses typically receive annual training on protecting patient information in their everyday practice. This training usually emphasizes privacy, security, and confidentiality best practices such as:Keeping passwords secure.Logging out of public computers.Sharing patient information only with those directly providing care or who have been granted permission to receive this information.Today, one of the major risks associated with privacy and confidentiality of patient identity and data relates to social media. Many nurses and other health care providers place themselves at risk when they use social media or other electronic communication systems inappropriately. For example, a Texas nurse was recently terminated for posting patient vaccination information on Facebook. In another case, a New York nurse was terminated for posting an insensitive emergency department photo on her Instagram account.Health care providers today must develop their skills in mitigating risks to their patients and themselves related to patient information. At the same time, they need to be able distinguish between effective and ineffective uses of social media in health care.This assessment will require you to develop a staff update for the interprofessional team to encourage team members to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information.Demonstration of ProficiencyBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Describe nurses’ and the interdisciplinary team’s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making.Describe the security, privacy, and confidentially laws related to protecting sensitive electronic health information that govern the interdisciplinary team.Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information.Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information.Identify evidence-based approaches to mitigate risks to patients and health care staff related to sensitive electronic health information.Develop a professional, effective staff update that educates interprofessional team members about protecting the security, privacy, and confidentiality of patient data, particularly as it pertains to social media usage.Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies.Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.Create a clear, concise, well-organized, and professional staff update that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.PreparationTo successfully prepare to complete this assessment, complete the following:Review the infographics on protecting PHI provided in the resources for this assessment, or find other infographics to review. These infographics serve as examples of how to succinctly summarize evidence-based information.Analyze these infographics, and distill them into five or six principles of what makes them effective. As you design your interprofessional staff update, apply these principles. Note: In a staff update, you will not have all the images and graphics that an infographic might contain. Instead, focus your analysis on what makes the messaging effective.Select from any of the following options, or a combination of options, the focus of your interprofessional staff update:Social media best practices.What not to do: Social media.Social media risks to patient information.Steps to take if a breach occurs.Conduct independent research on the topic you have selected in addition to reviewing the suggested resources for this assessment. This information will serve as the source(s) of the information contained in your interprofessional staff update. Consult theBSN Program Library Research Guidefor help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.InstructionsIn this assessment, assume you are a nurse in an acute care, community, school, nursing home, or other health care setting. Before your shift begins, you scroll through Facebook and notice that a coworker has posted a photo of herself and a patient on Facebook. The post states, “I am so happy Jane is feeling better. She is just the best patient I’ve ever had, and I am excited that she is on the road to recovery.”You have recently completed your annual continuing education requirements at work and realize this is a breach of your organization’s social media policy. Your organization requires employees to immediately report such breaches to the privacy officer to ensure the post is removed immediately and that the nurse responsible receives appropriate corrective action.You follow appropriate organizational protocols and report the breach to the privacy officer. The privacy officer takes swift action to remove the post. Due to the severity of the breach, the organization terminates the nurse.Based on this incident’s severity, your organization has established a task force with two main goals:Educate staff on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.Prevent confidentiality, security, and privacy breaches.The task force has been charged with creating a series of interprofessional staff updates on the following topics:Social media best practices.What not to do: Social media.Social media risks to patient information.Steps to take if a breach occurs.You are asked to select one of the topics, or a combination of several topics, and create the content for a staff update containing a maximum of two content pages. When distributed to interprofessional team members, the update will consist of one double-sided page.The task force has asked team members assigned to the topics to include the following content in their updates in addition to content on their selected topic(s):What is protected health information (PHI)?Be sure to include essential HIPAA information.What are privacy, security, and confidentiality?Define and provide examples of privacy, security, and confidentiality concerns related to the use of the technology in health care.Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information.What evidence relating to social media usage and PHI do interprofessional team members need to be aware of? For example:How many nurses have been terminated for inappropriate social media usage in the United States?What types of sanctions have health care organizations imposed on interdisciplinary team members who have violated social media policies?What have been the financial penalties assessed against health care organizations for inappropriate social media usage?What evidence-based strategies have health care organizations employed to prevent or reduce confidentiality, privacy, and security breaches, particularly related to social media usage?NotesYour staff update is limited to two double-spaced content pages. Be selective about the content you choose to include in your update so that you are able to meet the page length requirement. Include need-to-know information. Leave out nice-to-know information.Many times people do not read staff updates, do not read them carefully, or do not read them to the end. Ensure your staff update piques staff members’ interest, highlights key points, and is easy to read. Avoid overcrowding the update with too much content.Also supply a separate reference page that includes 2–3 peer-reviewed and 1–2 non-peer-reviewed resources (for a total of 3–5 resources) to support the staff update content.Additional RequirementsWritten communication: Ensure the staff update is free from errors that detract from the overall message.Submission length: Maximum of two double-spaced content pages.Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point.Citations and references: Provide a separate reference page that includes 2–3 current, peer-reviewed and 1–2 current, non-peer-reviewed in-text citations and references (total of 3–5 resources) that support the staff update’s content. Current mean no older than 5 years.APA format: Be sure your citations and references adhere to APA format. Consult theAPA Style and Formatpage for an APA refresher.

Concept and Theories in Nursing 8

This week, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation reviewing the theories from each module. Please select one theory from each module (1-8) and answer the following questions. You should have two slides per theory:Describe the theoryProvide 3 examples of how the theory applies to current practice (Obstetrics)Provide 3 positive patient outcomes resulting from utilizing the theoryExplain 3 benefits to nursing satisfaction when utilizing the theoryDescribe two barriers to using the theory in practice and at least one method for overcoming each barrier (support methods with sources)Support from literature clearly noted throughoutThe PowerPoint presentation should include at least two outside references and the textbook. The presentation should contain 2 to 4 slides per theory, for a total of 16 to 32 slides.Mod 1 – NightingaleModule 2- peplau, Henderson and oremModule 3- Johnson and OrlandoModule 4- King and RogersModule 5- Roy and NeumanModule 6- Leininger, Newman and WatsonModule 7- Parse, Erickson and SwainModule 8- Theories of 1980’s and 1990’s

Nursing – Research article critique 2- 3 page paper + critique tool

APA 6th editionMust complete john hopkins toolMust use article provided and at least 1 other resource.

principles of health and disease

Essays: (at least 300 words per prompt)1. Explain the difference between homeostasis and disease? What is the difference between a chronic disease and an acute diseases? Can all diseases be cured (explain and give example)? Amy’s blood glucose remains elevated and rarely returns to normal. Why is this departure from homeostasis an important observation?2. Why is AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) considered a syndrome and not a disease? How is HIV transmitted and how can transmission be reduced or prevented? Why is HIV’s attack on helper T cells so devastating to the entire immune system? Clark’s doctor explains that even though Clark has HIV/AIDS, he will not die from AIDS. Explain.3. What causes the signs and symptoms of inflammation? List and discuss the six agents capable of stimulating an inflammatory response. Elle takes anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics to ease the pain and discomfort of rheumatoid arthritis. She knows these drugs will not cure the disease, yet her doctor prescribed them. Explain why.4. What are the five classes of immunoglobulins and their function? Why does the body make five different classes of immunoglobulins? Immunologically speaking, is it likely a patient will catch a cold caused by the same virus twice? Please explain your answer.

Roles of a Healthcare Professional

This assignment will be at least 1500 words or more. Reflect on the roles of nurses, and other healthcare professionals as the roles of physicians in the healthcare system moves from one of working in silos to a more progressive value-based system. Write a paper that discusses in detail why a value-based system may improve health care in the U. S. and address the following questions:How has current policy transformed the current practice of nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals?What distinction can you make between physicians/healthcare providers working in a fee-for-service system and a value-based care system?How do you view shared power between physicians and nurses in your healthcare system? How does it impact care?Assignment ExpectationsLength: 1500-2000 words in lengthStructure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment.  Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the module number (for example, “RHall Module 1.docx”)

Module2PN#Prep3

Please answer the questions and fill in the boxes base on information in the scenario below.

week 6 discussion

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.AssignmentComplete only the History, Physical Exam, and Assessment sections of the Aquifer virtual case: Family Medicine 07: 53-year-old male with leg swelling.Discussion Question 1Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your HISTORY collection, describe two missed questions and your understanding of why they were important to collect for this case history. Use specific references from your text to explain.Discussion Question 2Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your PHYSICAL EXAM collection, describe two errors in your exam performance or documentation. Use specific references from your text to explain the importance of these findings in correct assessment of this client.Discussion Question 3Based on your performance on the PHYSICAL EXAM collection, describe one key finding that you included in your list and describe a specific physical exam that you can perform at the point-of-care to further evaluate the finding. Use specific references from your text.Discussion Question 4Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your ASSESSMENT identification of problem categories, choose one missed/incorrect category and use specific references from your text to explain the importance of this category in arriving at correct differential diagnoses for this client.Discussion Question 5Based on your performance and the expert feedback in your ASSESSMENT of differential diagnoses, describe one incorrect/missed differential diagnosis and use specific references from your text to support the inclusion of the diagnosis for this client.Attached is the case scenario

nursing research

Identifying Research ComponentsWeek 4 TasksUse the Week 4 research template to complete the following assignment tasks.Choose the assigned research articles from W2 Project. Describe the sample with demographics, data collection process, and identification of variables; sampling design; instruments, tools, or surveys.Summarized the discussion about the validity and reliability of the instruments, tools, or surveys.Discussed legal/ethical concerns.NOTE: If a component is absent, student receives a zero for that component.Submission DetailsCite all sources in APA format.Name your document SU_NSG3029_W4_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Quality Improvement Proposal

Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook (It’s in the attached file), to create your proposal.Include the following:Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem or issue occurs.Explain why a quality improvement initiative is needed in this area and the expected outcome.Discuss how the results of previous research demonstrate support for the quality improvement initiative and its projected outcomes. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, not included in the course materials or textbook, that establish evidence in support of the quality improvement proposed.Discuss steps necessary to implement the quality improvement initiative. Provide evidence and rationale to support your answer.Explain how the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated to determine whether there was improvement.Support your explanation by identifying the variables, hypothesis test, and statistical test that you would need to prove that the quality improvement initiative succeeded.

Question

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