Patient’s rights can be defined as the “basic rules of conduct between patients and medical caregivers as well as the institutions and people that support them” (WebMD). In order to make these rights evident there is what is known as the patients bill of rights. This is a print out form that lists the different rights in hopes that other individuals will also be aware of these rights. Patients need to know that they do have a say in what becomes there new home. “Patient rights are founded on both legal and ethical principles” (Singh, pg. 91). Legal refers to the can and cannot’s whereas ethical refers to the do’s and do not’s. Ethics in this case is a patient’s free will and informed consent. Informed consent is the setting stone in getting
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In medical terminology the rights to nondiscrimination consists of accepting everyone equally. If a patient has diabetes or dementia, everyone should be treated equally no mater what his or her circumstances may be. This leads to the relationship developed between a patient and caregiver, which are based on the quality of care received. In a nursing home patients undergo situations such as getting abused and feeling neglected. In order to prevent such things from happening a caregiver should be ready to attend to the patient 24/7, check the patient’s safeness, and listen and communicate with them. Lastly, a patient right to privacy and confidentiality refers to things such as; who can have access to their medical records and caregivers knocking on the door before entering. Patient’s rights are what give patients a platform in a nursing home. I know that if I were ever to be in a nursing home id want to be able to do as I please since it is now my home but to also keep in mind that something’s I cannot do. I have to give respect in order to get respect. I feel that if patient’s rights were not developed there would a sense of hopelessness in a nursing home. Everyone has human rights and likewise patients should have there own rights in a nursing
In medical terminology the rights to nondiscrimination consists of accepting everyone equally. If a patient has diabetes or dementia, everyone should be treated equally no mater what his or her circumstances may be. This leads to the relationship developed between a patient and caregiver, which are based on the quality of care received. In a nursing home patients undergo situations such as getting abused and feeling neglected. In order to prevent such things from happening a caregiver should be ready to attend to the patient 24/7, check the patient’s safeness, and listen and communicate with them. Lastly, a patient right to privacy and confidentiality refers to things such as; who can have access to their medical records and caregivers knocking on the door before entering. Patient’s rights are what give patients a platform in a nursing home. I know that if I were ever to be in a nursing home id want to be able to do as I please since it is now my home but to also keep in mind that something’s I cannot do. I have to give respect in order to get respect. I feel that if patient’s rights were not developed there would a sense of hopelessness in a nursing home. Everyone has human rights and likewise patients should have there own rights in a nursing