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How Does John Kelly Maintain Patient Confidentiality

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For the purpose of this assignment, and in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (2014) and the Data Protection Act 1988, no leading information regarding the hospital, ward or patient’s address will be discussed, and the pseudonym John Kelly will maintain patient confidentiality. John Kelly, a 43 year-old man, was admitted to a surgical ward through the Emergency Department with severe abdominal pain. Upon investigation it was established he had a perforated sigmoid and following ultrasound guided drain insertion he was brought to operating theatre for Hartman’s procedure and formation of an end colostomy. Following surgery he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Discharge

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