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This was a very basic no-no rule. It doesn't matter if your mom gave you verbal permission. This is not a good thing and I'm thinking you just ruined your career. I'm being very honest. This wasn't a simple, Oh I made a mistake. This is a very, very big deal, and I'm not sure if you will get into any other program. You may also have much bigger problems if the hospital goes after you.
I am going to guess that dismissal from the nursing program will not be the only discipline I will receive. I am so ashamed, I never would look at a patient's chart that wasn't assigned to me; my mother shouldn't have been any different. Stupid. 2 months shy from graduation
The odds of getting fined or sanctioned in this scenario are very low.
I hope I don't have to go that route. I held a 97% average in clinicals, I would make a good nurse. I made a dumb mistake, but not to place blame, the program was not very thorough or organized. There were different instructors for each floor and one instructor on BHU allowed us to view every single pt chart to see why they were admitted. All in all, no excuse. I knew better. It's just so discouraging that something like this ruined my whole life.
Seek a medical attorney. Hospital policy is very clear but your where a student with a educational institution this might of not been made clear to you. Looking at a pts record that you are not involved in their care is a big No. But if having permission or written permission by a text to look something up for your mother, let's say because she was confused about a medication and its side effects or she was given instruction and confused and embarrassed to ask questions and she ask you to look up in her chart the name of the drug. It might not be considered a HIPPA violation especially if her asking for information from her nurse and the info was not given to her and she went a different route by asking you because she knew you could get access. I'm not saying it was right and I don't want to give false hope. But when I comes to being dismissed from school, or someone is disciplined, fired or fined. ALWAYS seek medical legal advice.
NovaNala
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I'm in; or was in an LPN program in NY. During clinical, I looked at my mom's chart on the computer (she is a patient at the hospital I was having clinical) with her permission. I was dismissed from the program and the hospital security is currently deciding how to pursue this. Will I ever be able to practice nursing or anything in the medical field again? Stupid mistake, I knew better but my concerns for my mother got the best of me. Not that it matters at all but she is battling cancer. What's going to happen to me? To my future?