Ferpa violation? I'm so confused!

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I'll keep this short and sweet. The school where I work has a partnership with a major university. They come in and provide extra support with the help of their grad students. This includes social work and nutrition. They recently received monies to work on a special project re: A**D . ( a certain common affliction) They need a certain amount of students, so the very head of their school (s/he has a PHD in their profession) asked me to email our teachers to start to populate the list of whom might best benefit by being included. So stupid me sends out the email. Absolutely NOTHING has been done with the information, yet I have been called into several "meetings" over the past two days getting my butt reamed. I have another "meeting" tomorrow. For the life of me, I can not figure this out. Did I totally screw this up? Please be honest, I am looking for feedback to improve my skills. TIA

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Specializes in Peds, School Nurse, clinical instructor.

Probably one mistake was not asking the head of your school before sending out the email. Also, I would think you would need parental permission to include any kids in this project. As long as you were just asking for information and not giving any student names or information, I don't think there should be an issue.

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Thanks for the input. I met with my supervisor today and all is well.

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