Nurse sent pics from pts phone to his

[SuburbsGirl]

I'm not really sure what forums to post this in.

Chicago Suburbs Nurse sent pictures from a patient's phone to his phone.

Nurse Copied Sexual Images Found on Patient’s Phone: Prosecutors | NBC Chicago

[Atl-Murse]

He deserve whatever he gets

[MrChicagoRN, RN]

Despicable behavior for anyone, even moreso for a nurse

[RiskManager]

As the risk manager/compliance officer, this gives me the whim-whams. A hospital employee did this on the job to a patient at the facility. I wonder if the patient is going to file a civil suit for privacy breach against the hospital. Patient pictures can be considered PHI, so I have to think about if this could be argued to be a HIPAA breach as well, in which case the Feds might be interested. The nurse can certainly kiss his job good bye, and I bet the Illinois BON is not going to be amused, either.

[Amy01]

Karma is always chasing....what goes around, comes around.

[SmilingBluEyes]

imbecile.

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

I'm not really sure what forums to post this in.

perhaps we need a section titled "You can't make this stuff up" or "beyond the pale"

[bsyrn, ASN, RN]

That is terrible and he should never be allowed to work as a nurse again but I am confused as to why the patient would have had her cell phone taken away to begin with?

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

If you're interested in that kind of stuff, there are plenty of places to get it that don't involve using patients' phones. This is just plain stupid.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

That mug shot + story... I think I need a shower.

@bsyrn -- I wonder if it was some type of behavioral health unit? That could explain the limitations on a pt's belongings and use of time. If that's true, that nurse should be in a WORLD of hurt, with his victim being paeticularly vulnerable

[Cheyenne RN,BSHS]

In my opinion no one should want pictures of intimate moments or sensual things of a personal nature made. If you do ever make those kind of pictures - for God's sake don't keep them on a phone that can be lost or stolen. Karma seems to be biting them both in the butt because neither one was using their best judgement IMHO. What the nurse did was flat out wrong. What the patient did was a poor lapse of good common sense.