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equirements
1. You are to research, compose, and type a scholarly paper based on the scenario
described below. Choose one ending to the scenario to discuss within the body of your
paper. Reflect on what you have learned in this class to date about technology, privacy
concerns, and legal and ethical issues. These concepts must be addressed in your
paper as you consider the use of smartphones and social media in healthcare. Consider
the consequences of such a scenario. Do not limit your review of the literature to the
nursing discipline only. Other health professionals are using the technology, and you
may need to apply critical thinking skills to its applications in this scenario.
2. Use Microsoft Word and APA formatting..
3. The length of the paper should be four to five pages, excluding the title page and the
reference page. Limit the references to a few key sources (minimum of three required).
4. The paper will contain an introduction that catches the attention of the reader with
interesting facts and supporting sources of evidence, which should be included as in-text
citations. The body should present the advantages and disadvantages regarding the use
of smartphones and social media in healthcare and apply professional, ethical, and legal
principles to the appropriate use of this technology. The conclusion and
recommendations should summarize your findings after choosing one of the four
possible conclusion options (see explanation below). Discuss your reflection(s) and
what you have learned regarding the scenario and potential outcomes that resulted.
Make your case based on the evidence you have collected.
. All work must be original (in your own words). Your paper will automatically be submitted
to TurnItIn when submitted to the Dropbox. Preparing the Assignment
BACKGROUND
Healthcare is readily embracing any technology to improve patient outcomes,
streamline operations, and lower costs, but we must also consider the impact of such
technology on privacy and patient care. This technology includes the use of social
media applications, such as Facebook, Instagram, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn on
smartphones.
In healthcare today, smartphones are widely used for communication, efficiency, and
care. Obviously, a variety of issues (ethical, professional, and legal) from both the
personal and hospital perspectives must be considered.
SCENARIO
You are a nurse in the emergency room, working the Friday 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift, and
your evening has been filled with the usual mix of drunken belligerent teens, wailing
babies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, falls, fractures,
and the routine, regular congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. Your best friend is
texting you from the concert that you had to miss tonight because you were scheduled
to work, and you respond to her between care of patients, jealous that she is there and
you are not. “What a jerk to torture me like this!” you think to yourself.
It is now 2 a.m., and the medics radio once again, notifying you of an incoming motor
vehicle accident victim, ETA of 5 minutes. You sigh and opt to use the restroom, rather
than getting that much-needed cup of coffee, and prepare a room for your next patient.
The medics roll in and begin to fill you in. The patient is a 28-year-old male, a
passenger on a bus that was involved in a crash, leaving the vehicle overturned after
rolling over an embankment. There were several fatalities among the bus passengers,
and “this victim has remained unconscious, though his vitals are currently” . . . and as
you start to focus on the patient, you take a second look. Can it be? It is! The lead
singer, Jerod, from the band “Blue Lizards,” who you have adored since you first heard
his voice! The band had just left the concert that you had missed last evening when the
accident occurred. You quickly text your best friend . . . “Can you believe?” and she
responds with “Yeah right. PROVE IT.” So you quickly snap a picture with your
smartphone, when alone with the patient, and send it to her. Can’t hurt, right?
Celebrities are “public property,” and that’s a part of their life, right? Just for good
measure, you snap a few more pictures of the unconscious singer in various stages of
undress and then a shot of his home address, phone number, and demographic
information from his electronic health record. You sit your phone down on the bedside
table for a minute as you continue your assessment of the patient.
At 7:00 a.m., you drag your tired body home and straight to bed after a long but eventful
night.
What happens next? Choose a conclusion, and construct your paper based on
those reflections:
1. You are the following nurse on the day shift and discover the night nurse’s phone
on the bedside table. Trying to figure out whom it belongs to, you open the phone
and see the photographs taken the night before. Holy moly! What a find, and
nobody could trace you to the photos.
2. You receive a call from the gossip paper the Gossip Gazette, offering you
$20,000 for the photos you have taken (courtesy of your best friend). Your
identity would never be revealed, and you desperately need a new car and are
behind on some bills.
3. You go on Facebook, on your day off, and talk about the night you had at work
and how you didn’t really feel as bad having to miss the concert, because you
actually got to meet Jerod in person and even “Got his number!” You then post a
picture of Jerod on Facebook and Instagram, figuring that most of your contacts
would never recognize him anyway. It’s your day off and your personal time, so
no harm, no foul, right?
4. You receive a message the next morning from a peer at work that there is a big
investigation being conducted at work due to a HIPAA violation and that it
involved a celebrity who had been admitted to the hospital. The word is that legal
action is being taken against the hospital due to some photos that were sold to
the Gossip Gazette. Knowing that your only sent photo is safe with your best
friend, you reach for your smartphone . . . and it is nowhere to be found.
Directions and Assignment Criteria
Assignment
Criteria
Points
%
Introduction
60
20%
Body
150
50%
Conclusion and
Recommendations
60
20%
Scholarly Writing
and APA Format
30
10%
Description
The introduction provides evidence of an information search,
including in-text citations of the sources of evidence. It catches the
reader’s attention with interesting facts and supporting sources.
Appropriate APA headers are used to delineate when the
introduction ends. Discussion regarding HIPAA regulatory
requirements is required, discussed briefly and supported by
citations. List three advantages and three disadvantages of the use
of smartphones and social media in healthcare. Content reflects
chosen conclusion scenario within the body of the paper. Be sure
to support with citations from professional resources.
Appropriate APA headers are used, making clear the conclusion
chosen, and the recommendations are based on solid evidence,
personal privacy rights, and ethical principles. Writing in third
person, state your position on healthcare privacy, and personally
reflect on your learning from this assignment.
Total
300
1
Title page, running head, and page numbers are used. (3
points)
Introduction, body, and conclusion and recommendations
sections are clearly labeled. There is a logical flow between the
sections. (10 points)
Grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure are correct. (5
points)
Citations throughout demonstrate support of student’s ideas
and opinions. (5 points)
Reference page includes all citations. (5 points)
There is evidence of a spelling and grammar check. (2 points)
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