Posted: May 17th, 2015

discussion

discussion

Order Description

This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs).
6
Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO #6)
7
Examine the use of information systems to document interventions related to achieving nurse-sensitive outcomes. (PO #7)

Nursing Gains Visibility (graded)
1. Ever since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) refusal of payment for hospital-acquired poor outcomes, nursing has gained visibility because these outcomes are nurse sensitive. Locate an article or website that refers to these nurse-sensitive outcomes and describe its findings.

Alarms—What Do the Data Show? (graded)
2. The repeated sound of an alarm can be annoying to the patient, family, and staff. This can lead to someone shutting off the alarm. Give an example of an ethical or legal issue that may arise if a patient has a poor outcome or sentinel event because an alarm was turned off. What do the data show about the value of alarms in general? Is alarm fatigue an issue?