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a psw worker notice a bruising on her client's legs. She questions him about the bruises. he responds that sometimes the nurse gets made at me. The psw workers says that she will need to report her finding. Client says he does not give her permission to report it. Is the psw required to keep necessary information confidential, upon learning of the bruises?Is the psw required to keep this information confidential?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Michelle.....we are happy to help with your home work however we need your input first.

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I feel in this circumstance I feel she has the right to breach confidentiality because the person's safety is in danger or at risk.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Are you in the US?

If by a PSW being a personal support worker....have you done any research about laws to protect patients or the disabled?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
I feel in this circumstance I feel she has the right to breach confidentiality because the person's safety is in danger or at risk.

It's more than that....have you done any actual research. What are the laws that apply.

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The question isn't asking you what you feel, it's asking whether there is a requirement.

Have you considered that the answer might depend on whether the patient is an adult or a child... a senior citizen or a 20-something... developmentally delayed or with full capacity... physically disabled or able bodied?

As I said in your other thread, I will do the work for you but I have unlimited OT opportunities at work which pay me over $100/hr so I'll require a retainer and deposit... Let me know and I'll post my Paypal account.

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The question isn't asking you what you feel, it's asking whether there is a requirement.

Have you considered that the answer might depend on whether the patient is an adult or a child... a senior citizen or a 20-something... developmentally delayed or with full capacity... physically disabled or able bodied?

As I said in your other thread, I will do the work for you but I have unlimited OT opportunities at work which pay me over $100/hr so I'll require a retainer and deposit... Let me know and I'll post my Paypal account.

That is what we need: A form that students fill out for us to do their homework for them. Name, pay pal account, class, school, and instructor's approval. Then we get paid.

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That is what we need: A form that students fill out for us to do their homework for them. Name, pay pal account, class, school, and instructor's approval. Then we get paid.

Forget the instructor approval, I want the money.

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Hopefully this response will come off as helpful, because that's how I intend it....

I'm a nursing student too, just completing my final practicum and NCLEX prep. My program required it's fair share of case studies, and I also tutor. I saw this and your other threads. Not to state the obvious, but wouldn't it be more efficient from a time management standpoint to use textbooks and other resources from your program to look up the correct information and complete the assignment?

It seems a little risky to me to get your information from an Internet forum; AN is a great resource but people can be incorrect, may not actually be nurses, or have a different interpretation of your assignment... This just seems like an odd approach to me. How will you quote or cite the information you receive here? How will you use the opinions stated here to support your response, and how will you vet the information provided to ensure it is correct?

Here are some great online resources I used - hopefully this will give you access to the information you need from a source you can properly cite. One thing we were required to do with case studies was to justify our position and response with supporting evidence that was properly formatted in APA.

Mosby's Nursing Consult

http://www.nursingconsult.com/nursing/login?env=PROD&URI=/nursing/index

Medscape News and Reference Database

http://www.medscape.com/

You may need to register for these but it is free and the information is outstanding and covers many different subjects. Also, you should be able to access tons of legitimate databases of information, journal articles, and ethics information through your school's library. Good luck to you.

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Specializes in CVICU CCRN.
Forget the instructor approval, I want the money.

newstudentoffortune.com

Ps: I wasn't in any way attempting to infringe on your budding cottage industry! ?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Hopefully this response will come off as helpful, because that's how I intend it....

I'm a nursing student too, just completing my final practicum and NCLEX prep. My program required it's fair share of case studies, and I also tutor. I saw this and your other threads. Not to state the obvious, but wouldn't it be more efficient from a time management standpoint to use textbooks and other resources from your program to look up the correct information and complete the assignment?

It seems a little risky to me to get your information from an Internet forum; AN is a great resource but people can be incorrect, may not actually be nurses, or have a different interpretation of your assignment... This just seems like an odd approach to me. How will you quote or cite the information you receive here? How will you use the opinions stated here to support your response, and how will you vet the information provided to ensure it is correct?

Here are some great online resources I used - hopefully this will give you access to the information you need from a source you can properly cite. One thing we were required to do with case studies was to justify our position and response with supporting evidence that was properly formatted in APA.

Mosby's Nursing Consult

http://www.nursingconsult.com/nursing/login?env=PROD&URI=/nursing/index

Medscape News and Reference Database

Medscape: Medscape Access

You may need to register for these but it is free and the information is outstanding and covers many different subjects. Also, you should be able to access tons of legitimate databases of information, journal articles, and ethics information through your school's library. Good luck to you.

Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

Great resources I use them as well....we encourage students to come here and I spend a large amount of my time here. We do however require students to post their work first.
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a psw worker notice a bruising on her client's legs. She questions him about the bruises. he responds that sometimes the nurse gets made at me. The psw workers says that she will need to report her finding. Client says he does not give her permission to report it. Is the psw required to keep necessary information confidential, upon learning of the bruises?Is the psw required to keep this information confidential?

What is a PSW?

There are laws that dictate when reporting is necessary. Whether or not the client gives consent is irrelevant.

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