Have you ever taken care of a celebrity?

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My Cousin Susan took Louis Armstrongs vitals once as a student nurse !!!!!!!!!!!

It is all about HIPAA. You as professionals are obligated not to discuss anything that may identify the patients you have taken care of. Stating their names is a violation. People lose their jobs for such violations.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

A country singer was on our floor once with a raging case of strep throat, a prime example of why it's important to get plenty of rest and take care of yourself.

(No name due to HIPAA, well this was before HIPAA, but still, wouldn't want someone posting my name on here without my knowledge as it is.)

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I still think it was cool that my cousin took Louis Armstrong's vital signs in 1970, hippa or no hippa

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What does HIPAA stand for?

In Canada, our new privacy law is called PIPEDA and it covers all acts of privacy including right down to whether or not a store can ask for your contact information for database to contact you regarding up-coming sales.

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HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 implemented on April 14, 2003.

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Boy, if I were a celeb and found out my name was appearing in here. I WOULD BE WILD. I agree HIPPA all the way!!

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I work in a large hospital in the LA area and we have many celebs. Our rule is very simple: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (whether the patient is a celeb or not). Isn't confidentality the second rule of nursing right after "do no harm"? Why ask anyway?

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I think the debate should be related to how HIPAA can be construed in the media (esp. the internet)

We'll all agree that within our nursing our practice, HIPAA should be taken as absolute privacy law...

But on a discussion forum, what are the guidelines...Seems unclear...

And I think Louie Armstrong wouldn't mind us knowing he had his vitals taken in 1972...

There are no levels of privacy...It's absolute, right?

Who can decide?

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I think our professional code of ethics comes into play here before our legal obligations. I don't see how the public trust is served by revealing names of our patients in public forums?

When I present at grand rounds (weekly conference) I make it a point not to use patient names, we just focus on the health issues and appropriate interventions.

Sure it is neat when we take care of somebody who is famous. We should also be very careful not to exploit that privilege.

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Specializes in cardiac, diabetes, OB/GYN.

I once transported a burn patient to a Boston hospital and was horrified when some suited people stopped the elevator so their famous state legislative patient could go past the media following his routine surgery to get back to his floor. I protested and they actually attempted to force me, the patient and the paramedics away from the elevator (we were going to ICU), so I LOUDLY demanded they step away at that instant so I could take my critical patient to the ICU and if there was a problem I would have no trouble explaining the delay to my patients family on the 6pm news..They (reluctantly and with dirty looks) stepped aside and let us go up.....The state legislative person sent an apology in care of the "pushy" but correct nurse, several weeks later.

Currently we have had a few sports celebrities whose wives have had kids, but not following hockey, I never knew who they were until it was pointed out to me by other nurses.

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Specializes in OB, M/S, ICU, Neurosciences.
Originally posted by hogan4736

no flaming here:p

There is way too much misspelling here, there, and everywhere...

besides, we live in a country where 2 out of our last 3 presidents can't correctly pronounce "nuclear'

It's pronounced "nuke - lee - are"

George W says "nuke - you - lar"

Listen to him or many newscasters...

My point? No one seems to care about good grammar, here, there, or anywhere...

Coming from a long line of teachers,

sean

And I thought I was the only one bothered by that! I can't STAND to listen to GWB talk about "nucular"! You'd think one of his speech writers or SOMEONE would tell him how to say it and then work with him till he got it right.......:rolleyes:

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Specializes in Oncology, Cardiology, ER, L/D.
Originally posted by StephMSeattle

Hungry hungry HIPPA. Hungry hungry HIPPA.

Sorry. I had to sing a little late night song to myself!

:rotfl: :roll Sorry, this just hit me funny!

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