Patient Privacy Policies: Search Strategy and Summary

Today, nursing professionals play a vital role in the provision of high-quality patient care, and possessing strong research skills is crucial for nursing professionals to remain up-to-date with the latest evidence-based practices and contribute to the advancement of the nursing field. To this end, the purpose of this paper is to identify relevant scholarly articles concerning patient privacy polices as well as the steps and strategies that were used to locate them. In this regard, a Google browser and the EBSCO academic database were used for searching for relevant juried articles. The filters applied to the search limited the results to full-text, peer-reviewed studies published in the English language within the last 5 years. The keywords used in these searches and the corresponding number of articles located were as follows: 1) patient privacy policies (54); 2) patient privacy policies and nursing (0); and patient privacy and nursing (54).

Finally, a summary of two selected articles is followed by a recap of the findings from the research in the conclusion.

Scholarly Articles: Identify at least three scholarly articles that have been published within the last five years:

1. Ak, B., Tanr?kulu, F., Gndo?du, H., Y?lmaz, D., ner, ., Ziyai, N. Y., Erol, F., & Dikmen, Y. (2021). Cultural Viewpoints of Nursing Students on Patient Privacy: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Religion and Health, 60(1), 188201.

2. Blease, C. (2024). Open AI meets open notes: surveillance capitalism, patient privacy and...

Journal of Medical Ethics, 50(2), 8489.

3. Yilmaz, S. A. (2022). Patient privacy: a qualitative study on the views and experiences of nurses and patients. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39(2), 1222.

Article One: Summarize article one to accurately represent the content with...

…corporations. Finally, the study concludes by citing the need to for policies to address these privacy challenges in a timely fashion given the rapidly expanding use of online resources to ensure patient empowerment while safeguarding patient data confidentiality (Blease, 2024).

Conclusion

This paper examined the importance of patient privacy within the context of nursing research and the increasing use of online resources by patients. A literature search identified several relevant scholarly articles published within the last 5 years. Two articles were summarized, highlighting the critical role nurses play in protecting patient privacy, especially for vulnerable populations such as ICU patients. Likewise, the research also showed that the increase in online record access creates new privacy challenges that require relevant policies to protect patients sensitive health data. Moving forward, health policies and protocols must be developed to mitigate these privacy concerns and ensure proper safeguarding of confidential…