HIPAA question...

Nurses HIPAA

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Just a quick query, if y'all don't mind.

Occasionally, if something cute or otherwise occurs during my day, I'll make mention of it on Facebook. No names, if it involves a patient. Usually gender neutral. And always something so generic as to have occurred more than once a day.

Case in point, a little old patient who praised my blood drawing skills and said the clinic should hire me! Like she had not been my patient for 2 years!

Worded as: "Had one tell me today that I should be hired to draw blood!

Benign, nonsense stuff like this...can it be construed as a HIPAA issue? Just wanna know. Thanks.

I agree with Esme on this...don't post anything about work. It's just safer that way. Our CNO wanted to make a rule that said we couldn't post anything about work on Facebook, it never passed. My boss monitors Facebook and if you've posted something about a rough shift or anything that could be considered negative, she will ask you to "please don't post negative comments".

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Never post anything about work on social media. Especially if you have your place of employment listed. Could come back and bite you in the butt.

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