Do you think I could get kicked out?

[w.ross1990]

So I went to clinical prep yesterday and my husband accompanied me up to the unit. As I did my prep he sat by me playing on his iPhone. Anyway someone(s) told my instructor that he was there and that I was supposedly showing him stuff on the chart ( which I was not, I repeat I WAS NOT!!!!) I did not know that I was not allowed to have someone with me. So I now have to go in front of the professional conduct board and I am terrified they will kick me out of the program. I have been an AB nursing student And have never done anything unprofessional!! I am freaking out...and crying a lot because I didnt know I was Breaking the rules. Any advice or anything would help!!

[floridanurse1983]

unfortunate mistake. they will probably kick you out. big misjudgement , but we have all been there at one time or another.

ummmmm. no i haven't. i've made some stupid mistakes. many. but not this. you can include yourself, but don't say we've all been there. i haven't and never will because i have common sense and professionalism.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Ummmmm. No I haven't. I've made some stupid mistakes. Many. But not this. You can include yourself, but don't say we've all been there. I haven't and never will because I have common sense and professionalism.

I was trying to be kind. Not everyone is a superior specimen like y'all!

[CrazierThanYou]

All questions of patient confidentiality aside, why on earth would you take your husband with you to clinical prep? I can't even fathom the thought process there.

I'm inclined to agree. I just can't wrap my mind around it, either.

It seems like an honest mistake, though, and I hope it works out for you.

[CrazierThanYou]

I believe this is common practice for many programs, including mine. First and Second Semester we had to go pick up our patient and do research on their conditions, do the patho, write up drug cards, etc.

As long as you were not interacting with the patient, we did not need a CI to be there.

We also went to the clinical site and reviewed charts with no supervision whatsoever.

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

But I am curious - - if there was someone who truly thought there was an issue, why was it not addressed on the site at that time??? Who allows a possible breach of privacy to continue indefinitely? Who is the nasty person behind this?

That's the first thing that popped into my mind. It was sooooo awful that no one took care of it right then and there?

I do, however, agree with others on the fact it was questionable judgement and how to handle the professional board.

[CrazierThanYou]

not to chastise you but im in agreement with everyone else, but the sad part is that it makes me question your judgement as a nurse and at this point i would not want you to care for me, my mother or my daughter, it seems ur making excuses a 20 minute drive i drve a hour a day each way for clinical and for class and the one day i brought my daughter too class for a hour i had gotten the pre approval from my instructor because my daughtter was off, unexpectdly due to catholic school and one of there holidays, but as i say i had pre approval, before i did this and i still felt a bit uncomfortable with this, but i managed being a a-b student like yourself, you need to re-evaluate yourself and just admit your wrong doing and tell them that you will never do it again, but im pretty sure your gonna be dismissed because hippa is no joke, sorry about your situation

Really? Wow.

[sharpeimom]

to borrow one of my mom's expressions from when i was growing up, "a big part of being grown up and becoming a responsible adult is

owning up to your mistakes and being willing to live with the consequences of your actions."

to paraphrase... no excuses... no lame ones and none at all, no matter how good they sound to your ears. be willing to live with and abide by whatever they say without complaining about how unfair it is, or that the sanction was waaay too harsh.

you did a really dumb foolish thing. it was outrageous and may have some severe consequences to be faced. accept full responsibility for your actions and you may -- might -- not be dismissed. just keep in mind that whether or not you intended to violate ethics is totally and completely irrelevant.

[Wave Watcher]

OMG....am I supposed to get a sitter for my husband when I leave him at home??? I am surprised no one has called CPS on me.

Sorry, I thought this thread could use some comic relief.

Herro!?? Of course! Like OMG Becky! You left him home alone! Totally not cool! :thankya:

I'm entertaining myself at this point! It's Friday. Friday's are non-serious days for me.

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

"That was another question I had---just where WAS some kind of instructor for these students? (I use plural b/c OP says another student "turned her in") When I was in school ANYTHING you did in a clinical site was under direct supervision of one of our instructors. No WAY were we allowed to show up and "review" charts on our own!"

Really? We go anytime between 12:30 and 7:00 and pick a patient independently. Most of the time we are completely ignored by the nurses/doctors/anybody in the unit. Sometimes a nurse will kick us off of her computer terminal, but the instructor is never there on pre-clinical days.

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

I noticed the OP is 21 years old. I think it's easy to forget how young some students are and still learning the ideas of professionalism and ethics.

It is completely inappropriate for her to bring her husband up on the unit. It is grounds for dismissal. It SHOULD go without saying, but apparently sometimes things need to be spelled out. Some students need to be taught what professionalism is. Some of the younger students may have nothing to draw on. No job experience. It's hard to fathom, but it happens. At the very least, this is a learning experience. At worst, she gets kicked out of school. Bad judgement, no doubt.

[evolvingrn, BSN, RN]

If only in real life I got to pick a pt.....

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

So like.what happened? OP gonna come back and tell us? I'm curious to know. And dudes..it's HIPAA...

THANK you. The OP is a student and may have to write something about the incident. It would not help her case to get this wrong.