Recognition should include
- a client's rights regarding medications and treatment decisions
- to be informed of rights, responsibilities, policies, and rules
- to participate in planning personal medical treatment
- to refuse medical treatment
- to privacy during medical treatment, including the administration of medications
- to take only medications prescribed by a personal healthcare provider (HCP)
- to refuse to participate in research or experimentation
- to choose physicians and other HCPs
- to move around freely (i.e., free from chemical and physical restraint)
- a client's rights regarding confidentiality
- to have only those staff members providing care to a client access to the client’s medical records
- to approve or refuse to release personal records to an individual outside the facility, except as otherwise provided by law
- implications for facility staff (§63.2-1808)
- must make rights, responsibilities, and rules known to the client
- must not restrict any client rights
- must train staff to implement client rights.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is the process if a client purchases an over-the-counter medication?
- What other products or supplements require an HCP's approval?
- Why is it important to recognize the implications of clients’ rights regarding medications, treatments, and confidentiality?
- What would be a violation of a client’s rights?