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response   Length: A minimum of 180 words per post, not including references Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA per post from within the last 5 years   SK Discussion post number 1 Nurses have ethical and legal responsibilities to protect client’s privacy and the confidentiality of client’s personal and health information. When clients entrust their information to a nurse, they expect and rely on it being kept confidential. Medical confidentiality is a set of rules that limits access to information discussed between a person and their healthcare practitioners (Griffith, 2018). A health system with strong privacy mechanisms will promote public confidence in healthcare services and disclosure that individuals have tested for, or are living with, HIV, AIDS or other STIs can invite social stigma and discrimination (Griffith, 2018). The principle of confidentiality is what underpins the trust between patients and health care workers. Breaching that trust by disclosing information about a patient to someone who has no right to the information is one of the most serious errors a health care worker can commit. Caring is best demonstrated by a nurses ability to embody the five core values of professional nursing include human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, and social justice. The caring professional nurse integrates these values in clinical practice. We live in the era of social media, and it is most crucial now than ever to protect privacy of our patients. While social media plays a vital role to strengthen personal relationships and providing valuable information to health care consumers, as well as affording nurses a valuable opportunity to interface with colleagues from around the world. According to National Council of State Board of Nursing nurses need to be aware of the potential consequences of disclosing patient-related information via social media, and mindful of employer policies, relevant state and federal laws, and professional standards regarding patient privacy and confidentiality and its application to social and electronic media (2016). By being careful and conscientious, nurses may enjoy the personal and professional benefits of social and electronic media without violating patient privacy and confidentiality. SHV Discussion Number 2 The first time I learned of the Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights was in undergraduate nursing school while taking Research Methodology for nurses. I had taken other statistics based classes or research classes, but this was the first one that addressed the rights of the participants particularly while conducting research. I noticed that last week, in my study it talk about how the study upheld these ethical considerations by allowing participants autonomy to drop out of the study at anytime. Participants can not be forced to participate in a study against their consent.  The principle I choose is as follows, Article 3 – Human dignity and human rights 1. Human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms are to be fully respected. 2. The interests and welfare of the individual should have priority over the sole interest of science or society (Melynk, 2019). Human dignity and rights are fundamentally important within a study in order to align with the Universal Declaration from the United Nations. Without these rights, participants could be forced to be studied like during the Holocaust when humans were used as test subjects and frozen to death in order for Nazi Germany to study the effects of hypothermia.  For the study last week, I will use that as an example of how to ensure this principle is complete during a research study. Every paper should have a section of their paper dedicated to this. My paper that I looked at studied the concept of Watsons caring theory on infertility treatments. All participants signed a form designating that they were allowed to quit the trial at anytime and any reason. In addition, they were reminded of this throughout the trial. This ensures that their human rights and dignity were in keeping with the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.