Hippa rules

Hi,
I work at a LTC facility that has computer charting. One of the new nurses was going to take her hall sheet and census report, both of these have information like name , room number and admit date. She had made notes to remind her of the resident's diagnosis. I told her she couldn't take those home because of HIPPA, she told me she had a file full of notes and info from everyplace she had worked so that she could prove she had done her job. She stated she had lost a couple jobs because she couldn't prove she had done the treatment or ect, so now she keeps these to prove she has done her job. This was her second day on the job so I gave her the benefit of the doubt about taking personal information of our resident's home, but she in no uncertain terms told me she was doing it . I don't know if I am ticked off because of what she did or how much disrespect she showed to me. It is a violation of HIPPA isn't it??? Also I can access the computer program from my home with a password, so maybe it isn't such a big deal to take printed material out. Just was wondering. Thanks,