luckylucy

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1. patient confidentiality

   luckylucy replied to luckylucy's topic in California

   I really do appreciate all of the help you all have done. I guess that I am not as "smart" as I thought on this subject. I am going to write my paper, but with HIPPA as my back up. I will write about the amount of paper work that it has caused and ...

2. patient confidentiality

   luckylucy replied to luckylucy's topic in California

   I see. If the doctor knows that a patient has something, is he allowed to disclose that information before the nurses start careing for the patient? I ma under the undrstanding that the doctor can't. A friend of mine explained that there has been s...

3. patient confidentiality

   luckylucy replied to luckylucy's topic in California

   I don't think that you fully understand my meaning. If a patient has a respiratory problem, you don't know if it is SARS or TB. I have several RN friends that has been working in the ER for 20 years or more, they all talk about things like this. ...

4. patient confidentiality

   luckylucy posted a topic in California

   Hello, I am in the process of getting my RN through Bakersfield College. I am having to write a 10 page research paper for English class. Being an older student, I do not find these things easy. I could use a little help. My paper is on patient c...