Legal Principles and Rights

For the final Portfolio Project, you will submit a professional presentation (using PowerPoint or a similar format), developing an organization’s employee legal handbook that could be utilized during new employee orientation. The setting may be an acute care hospital or long-term care facility with 200-bed capacity.

This presentation will include:

• An APA title page
• A description of the organization you developed. In a well-organized presentation, first define the organization you are using to develop the handbook. Provide the organization’s name, type, size, location, and the licensing organization. Then, provide a listing of all employee professions for the organization you have selected for your Portfolio Project.
• A listing of all employee professions or disciplines
• A list of the topics developed in the Module 5 milestone Include the following topics by title, using an outline format to break down your handbook entries. Topics: legal principles, rights, credentialing/scope of practice, legal employment qualifications (I-9, EEOC, etc.), HIPAA (confidentiality, privacy, security), consent, legal representation (POA, Guardian, etc.), abuse reporting, organizational regulations (staffing, etc.), end of life, federal/state regulations and future implications in healthcare law using a seperate slide for each topic.
  • A paragraph or two defining and discussing the significance of this specific topic and how it applies to the new employee entering your healthcare organization
• A list of twelve multiple choice questions, one for each of the twelve topics listed from above, that could be used as a post-test following the new employee orientation to the legal handbook
• A minimum of four academic sources
• A reference slide(s) formatted in APA and utilizing the sources you outlined..

Presentation Requirements:

• Sixteen to eighteen slides in length, not including the title or reference page
• Correctly cited sources (including images, text, tables, etc.)