Privacy, Rights, and Self Determination of Clients

Course Code: REL-PAC-0-PRSDC

Hours: 1

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026

Learning Objectives:
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!

Instructor: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.

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.”

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: General Staff; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.