Privacy, Rights, and Self Determination of Clients
Hours: 1.00
You have an ethical and legal responsibility to honor the rights of your clients, especially those regarding privacy and self-determination. In this course, you will learn about each of these and explore ways that you can protect your clients. The goal of this course is to provide non-licensed direct care workers in home-based care with education about the privacy, rights, and self-determination of clients.
You have an ethical and legal responsibility to honor the rights of your clients, especially those regarding privacy and self-determination. In this course, you will learn about each of these and explore ways that you can protect your clients. The goal of this course is to provide non-licensed direct care workers in home-based care with education about the privacy, rights, and self-determination of clients.
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
This is not an accredited course for professional license renewal. Florida CNAs may use this inservice toward meeting their annual inservice requirement.
This activity is approved for 1.0000 contact hours.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (ALL Direct Care Workers)
Relias Learning, LLC is approved as a Curriculum Developer by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This activity is approved for 1.0000 contact hours for all WA State Direct Care Workers. Training Provider Code: WA0624. CE Approval Code: CO2135066
Outline the rights of home-based care clients.
Explain why protecting clients’ rights is important.
Describe at least five ways that you can protect your clients’ rights.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Clients’ Rights
Clients’ Rights and Their Importance
Terms
Medicare and Medicaid Requirements
Individual Rights
Discrimination
Care Choices
Care-Related Charges
Access to a Translator or Interpreter
Personal Property
Theft, Damage, or Misuse of Personal Property
Grievances
Safe, Clean, Comfortable Home Settings
Honoring Client Choice
Personal Items
Personal Style
Meal Preferences
Personal Relationships
Freedom from Abuse and Neglect
Personal Finances
Survey Review
Review
Summary
Section 3: Protecting Clients’ Rights
Boundaries
Client Privacy
Right to Refuse
End of Life
Living Will
Power of Attorney
Do Not Resuscitate
Physician’s Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments
Anatomical Gift
Additional Resources
Adult Protective Services and the Complaint Resolution Unit
Review
Summary
Section 4: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
References
Congratulations!
Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”
The target audience for this course is: General Staff; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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All courses offered by Relias, LLC are developed from a foundation of diversity, inclusiveness, and a multicultural perspective. Knowledge, values and awareness related to cultural competency are infused throughout the course content.
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All characteristics and organizations referenced in the following training are fictional. Any resemblance to any actual organizations or persons living or dead, is purely coincidental.
To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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