I'm a block 1 nursing student, just barely starting out, but I have a friend/acquaintance who is in block 3 of nursing. She's also a CNA/aide. A couple of days ago I was watching her snapchat story and a video captioned "Lol, when your patient doesn't want to do their therapy" came up.
It was a short thirty second video of a giggling girl in a hospital gown crouching in a box and arguing about something, in the background I can hear my friend's voice say. "You have to do your therapy, 'Anna'!" (idk what the little girl's name actually is).
I'm 90% sure this is a HIPAA violation, and I worry that my friend will do something to ruin her career, etc. As shocked as I was to see this video, I can't help but remember the first time we went to the art museum (first and only time!) and I had to physically pull her back from the art work so she wouldn't touch it, again.
Should I say something? I used to be really good friends with her, but I just got annoyed with her behavior, and I distanced myself from her. It wasn't any one specific action, I just did not enjoy her company. She is a nice person, but she can be....thoughtless/reckless/ignorant in her actions.
So someone coming into work early to research their upcoming patients is a HIPAA offense that upsets you yet this posting of a minor patient on social media doesn't reach that threshold? Excuse my sputtering shock for a moment.
My thoughts exactly. OP, everything on the Internet is permanent. You may think it disappears, but it doesn't. That is a terrible violation and I bet it wasn't her first or last. Knowing that this happened and you didn't say anything makes you complicit. Please report it now.
NurseGirl525, ASN, RN
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My thoughts exactly. OP, everything on the Internet is permanent. You may think it disappears, but it doesn't. That is a terrible violation and I bet it wasn't her first or last. Knowing that this happened and you didn't say anything makes you complicit. Please report it now.