A nurse asks you to dispose of some old laboratory reports that fall under the category of PHI. Where is the correct place, under HIPAA Privacy, to dispose of them?
A student or faculty member is assigned to a clinical agency. During your clinical experience hours, you may access the electronic medical record of your minor child because you are the legal guardian and the guarantor of payment.
You can access your own medical record via the computer system during your assigned clinical hours in a clinical facility.
If a person has the ability to access facility/clinical agency systems or applications, they have a right to view any information contained in that system or application.
Your patient has a very interesting surgical wound site. You would like to take a picture to share in your post-conference. The patient says it is OK with him/her. What is the most appropriate action?
Your best friend's grandmother is in the hospital on the unit where you are observing. You overhear two nurses discussing the grandmother's condition. Should you tell your friend what you overheard when you are in the cafeteria having lunch?
