Which of the following statements are true? (Select all that apply.)
a. HIPAA regulations were formulated to address ethical treatment of research subjects.
b. If electronic medical records had not been invented, HIPAA would not have been necessary.
c. Data held by health insurance companies sparked the emergence of HIPAA.
d. Ethics and HIPAA regulations overlap in the area of justice.
e. Ethics and HIPAA regulations overlap in the area of anonymity.
ANS: B, C, E
One of the more recent regulations, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), was enacted in 2003 to protect the privacy of an individual's health information and was necessitated by the electronic storage and exchange of health information. The principle of justice holds that human subjects should be treated fairly. Anonymity exists if the subject's identity cannot be linked, even by the researcher, with his or her individual responses.
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a. Administering oral medications b. Starting an intravenous (IV) line c. Repositioning the patient. d. Inserting a urinary catheter.
The nurse is documenting client care through the use of a nursing information system that uses the nursing process approach. This type of system will generate:
a. a critical pathway for a client. b. standard prescribing practitioner order sets. c. variance analysis. d. nursing work lists to direct client care activities.
A 5-feet, 6-inch, 25-year-old woman who weighs 120 pounds runs 5 miles a day because it im-proves her mood and energy level. Which of the following best describes this example?
a. Health promotion b. Illness prevention c. Health maintenance d. Health protection
The nurse is caring for a patient who weighs 75 kg. The patient has intravenous (IV) fluids infusing at a rate of 50 mL/hour and has consumed 100 mL of fluids orally in the past 24 hours. Which action will the nurse take?
a. Contact the provider to ask about increasing the IV rate to 90 mL/hour. b. Discuss with the provider the need to increase the IV rate to 150 mL/hour. c. Encourage the patient to drink more water so the IV can be discontinued. d. Instruct the patient to drink 250 mL of water every 8 hours.