Posting pictures to facebook

[divaRN*]

I was just browsing facebook and came across an album of a newborn baby. cute right? looking through the pictures i was appalled that the person was even photographing this with their iphone nevermind uploading them to facebook as it is happening! Pics of the baby freshly delivered, cord attached, bloody mess. pics of cutting the cord, and giving injections. then pics with the MD! and to top it of birdseye view pics of the baby trying to latch for the first time while the nurse is helping. seriously? if i was the woman who just gave birth i would be livid when i realized what was going on with miss camera happy overthere. i think this is inappropriate in sooo many ways. not to mention a complete HIPPA violation. and since when are procedures allowed to be photographed?? oh yea never!!

[RNKPCE]

I was curious though, if you are sick/on disability/on FMLA and you submit paper works to your HR/you inform your boss about it, isn't it your boss shouldn't legally divulge your health issues to your co-workers? I know of a boss who got sacked because of this. Just don't know the full details.

In my case it wasn't the manger talking. It was 2 co-workers. They found out their co-worker was out ill from the ill person himself. So no HIPAA and management wasn't sharing any info so she hadn't divulge her employees illness.

[nurseraphael]

one time on pediatrics we had a 10yo boy with a hernia repair and orchopexy who was recovering. His scrotal edema was - well uhh significant . . . his best friend said -"dude you got the biggest balls of them all" and promptly posted a photo on his facebook page! the next day mom got wind of it and really let those boys know whose wearing the pants in the family . . . it was funny but really troubling as well. Since then the hospital has an advisement in the admission paper work asking for patients and family to be careful what they post on line regarding patients conditions! not sure if this helps but it might

[PetiteOpRN]

The hospital where I delivered my son prohibits anyone from photographing or videotaping the deliveries. In the OR where I work, we record all of our procedures, and destroy the record (prosecution exhibit "A," as I call it) at the end of the case. When OBs already carry the highest malpractice insurance rates, I would think that liability would be a bigger issue than taste level.

The hospital where I delivered my daughter...no one seemed to notice.

If you are really upset about the social media aspect of the pictures or think it might become a liability to your facility, write up a proposal to your manager or unit council about limiting videotaping and photographing during "procedures" and then make sure the moms and families know about the policy before hand.

[babyNP., APRN]

I think it'd be interesting to watch the process of my baby after being born...but then again I'm a NICU nurse :)

I'm sure the mom in question would have let loose holy hell if she didn't want those pictures posted on fb...and the end result is-don't want to see it? Take a look at the album in the mini-pics and decide if you don't want to see it. To many women, birth is a messy, but beautiful thing. As is breastfeeding. A natural process in life...

[mimi178]

sorry i forgot to mention the person posting the pics is not in the medical field. not sure on the relation to the mother of the baby either but she was clearly there for the entire delivery. she had pictures to prove it. im just appalled that someone would put such personal pictures on facebook about someone else. its not her place to post pictures of a very intimate/personal moment in that womans life for all of facebook to see. sorry just a rant.

I don't understand why you would be so appalled by it. It's very natural to celebrate one's life on this earth. To you it might have showed too much, but to the other person, it was perfectly normal.

[Katie5]

sorry i forgot to mention the person posting the pics is not in the medical field. not sure on the relation to the mother of the baby either but she was clearly there for the entire delivery. she had pictures to prove it. im just appalled that someone would put such personal pictures on facebook about someone else. its not her place to post pictures of a very intimate/personal moment in that womans life for all of facebook to see. sorry just a rant.

So how exactly do you know what's her place or not to do? The poster was very obviously in the delivery room.Poster must have strong ties to mum- you don't allow every Tom, Dick or Mariah into your labor room.

Except it was blocked from mum, in which case you might not have seen it, is is very possible Mum saw and approved of the pics.

HIPAA does NOT always pertain to everything!

[Up2nogood RN, RN]

With all the content that's on the internet I'd say those pics sounded pretty tame and innocent. Obviously they made you (OP) uncomfortable, and I'm guessing you haven't had a baby. While I would not want such pics taken of me or child posted on FB ( I do not post private pics of family anyway), these pictures that you're describing don't sound that horrible. I know plenty of people who would take pics of this nature.

My question is you said you were 'cruising' facebook, did you even know these people you're judging and than ridiculing on a public Internet forum? That's distasteful in my opinion.

ETA: and like others have said it sounds like mom had a close relationship with the picture taker to let him/her in the delivery so def not any wrong-doing.

[Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN]

In the OR where I work, we record all of our procedures, and destroy the record (prosecution exhibit "A," as I call it) at the end of the case.

I'm just curious. Why record the procedure if you just destroy the recording at the end of the case?

[PetiteOpRN]

I'm just curious. Why record the procedure if you just destroy the recording at the end of the case?

Anytime we are doing a scope case (ie laparoscopic) or a case under a microscope, the procedure is put on screens so that the surgeons and suite staff can see what's going on. The scope systems can automatically record the procedure. If there is an issue or question in the middle of the case, we can review the footage for clarification. Sometimes we will have another surgeon come in and review it.

It is a great tool during the procedure. Afterward, it is a liability.