ANCC Non-Clinical questions with correct answers

Hippa Protected Information - Answer Written information in the medical record Conversations among health care providers Patient information on the computer Health information cannot be used/shared without written permission Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) - Answer Establishes a voluntary reporting system to enhance the data available to assess and resolve patient safety and health care quality issues. Patient safety work product includes information collected and created during the reporting and analysis of patient safety event. Confidentiality provisions should serve to improve patient safety outcomes by creating an environment where providers may report and examine patient safety events w/o fear of increased liability risk. Confidentiality v/s Duty to Warn - Answer Duty to warn supersedes the right to confidentiality if a patients condition may endanger others. The duty to protect a patient from harming him/herself supersedes the right to confidentiality. Invasion of Privacy - Answer If the information can be shown to