Question

While discussing the increased use of technology to gather, store, and access healthcare information, nursing students discuss the importance of preventing data security breaches and the implications of such breaches on nurses professionally. The class is divided into groups to research and prepare information on various relevant topics to present to the entire class.

1. A group is assigned to create a summary of information related to the ethical aspects of electronic data collection to the profession of nursing. What information will be included?
2. A group of students is assigned to research information regarding a healthcare organizational risk assessment. What will that group focus upon?

Answer 1

Ethical aspects of electronic data collection to the profession of nursing-

1 - To keep the data private and confidential

2 - To maintain data accuracy

3 - To keep a track record of the patient data

4 - To reduce the paperwork

5 - To save time.

Healthcare organizational risk assessment group will focus on -

1 - Finding the risks and hazards in healthcare.

2 - Finding how they should harm the patients and other staff members

3 - Find the methods to reduce these risks.