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Privacy, Confidentiality, and Bedside Handover

Overview

The issue of bedside handover is currently a hotly-debated topic in healthcare. Based on the ethical principles of confidentiality and privacy, just what can be said at the bedside? Join Dr Linda Starr for this fascinating talk on critical ethical principles, and learn what to do and what not to do with many examples from real-life breaches.

Recorded: 11 Oct 2017

Comments

Maree Findlay

Was very quickly said. Seemed rushed. -- 18 Apr 2018

Carley Monk

Very helpful -- 18 Apr 2018

Jennifer Margaret Polglase

The Educator was very informative and made this lecture more interesting with case studies. -- 02 Apr 2018

Michele Selby

Very good lecture. Breaches of confidentiality happen at bedside handovers everyday. -- 24 Mar 2018

Jenny Goldsmith

This learning activity was easy to understand and apply to my nursing practice. It gave excellent examples to assist in understanding the concepts covered. -- 20 Mar 2018

Elloise Fitzpatrick

This was an interesting video about what exactly privacy and confidentialiy entails. It highlighted just how easy it is to breach the confidentiality of patients at the bedside. -- 18 Mar 2018

Maureen Huggins

Informative -- 25 Feb 2018

Renu Renu

Make us clear the way of keep privacy and confidentiality of the patient.And helps to get rid of what to do or not at the bedside of patient. -- 06 Feb 2018

Natasha Cocker

Linda is a great presenter, always engaging. -- 21 Jan 2018

Jenny Coburn

Informative -- 30 Dec 2017

Kathleen Donald

Thank you for the clear outline of what is legally acceptable in confidentiality and bedside handover -- 20 Dec 2017

Jessica Fullerton

Interesting presentation but not as practical in a real sense. Minimal information about how to address difficulties in maintaining confidentiality with bedside handover in a ward setting. -- 18 Dec 2017

Tracey Pattie

Excellent resource -- 16 Dec 2017

Ruth Cash

Fascinating perspective on the confidentiality issues of the bed side handover. -- 08 Dec 2017

pauline Sheppard

this was a very timely lecture, and I believe the case studies provided an excellent reminder about the issues of confidentiality and privacy -- 06 Dec 2017

Allyson Pyne

Excellent. As always Linda Starr is concise, up-to-date and informative. -- 05 Dec 2017

suzanne roslyn mason

Very interesting. the casestudies were very interesting. -- 04 Dec 2017

Educator

Linda Starr

Dr Linda Starr is a general and mental health qualified nurse, lawyer, and associate professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders University. Her research interests have been in health law for health practitioners, criminal law, forensic health care, and elder abuse investigation and prosecution, which was the subject of her PhD. Linda is currently the chair of the state board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board, Australia, the director on the Board of Directors at the Aged Rights Advocacy Service, and is the founding president of the Australian Forensic Nurses Association. She has an extensive speaking record, nationally and internationally, on issues in health law, forensic nursing, and elder abuse.

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