pedsorbust

hi! i used to work on l&d and when i switched to peds cards my EPIC never changed. i just have to flip to a new screen to view our own patient list. so when i log in, I see L&D, postpartum, antepartum and the neonatal nurseries. then I switch over to peds cards list. but no, i never went into her chart, i just saw her name on the list of people in the exam room.

hey! it was a violation because i told my other coworkers because i saw her name on the board

hey guy in babyland! it was a hippa violation because i told my coworkers that i saw her name on the board

hi jdub6! thanks for your post. I had heard other nurses talking about how the other nurse was trying to get pregnant. I just happened to find out she was pregnant the day I saw it on EPIC. The nurses on the floor always talk about whats going on in everyone's lives, so when i saw it I thought maybe someone knew something. All i saw that day was her name and gestational age and nothing else because I did not go into her chart.

i have recently experienced been terminated from my position at a hospital for a HIPPA violation and need some advise. the incident occurred about two weeks ago on a shift at work. background: i was a pct on a peds cardiology floor and had been there for almost a year. before this position, i worked on a postpartum floor for a year and a half. i logged into my EPIC account to add some patient vitals into their chart. every time i logged into EPIC i was able to see my old postpartum floor, labor and delivery floor, their exam rooms and the neonatal nurseries. I saw one of our coworkers was on the labor and delivery exam board and mentioned this to the other nurses at the station. i had heard other nurses talking about how she had wanted to get pregnant a week prior. i expressed concern about hoping she was okay. i later asked if that nurse was okay because i had seen her downstairs and she said she was fine and my day continued on. i also expressed guilt about seeing her name on the board to my other coworkers later and they said to be careful and not to do it again. last sunday i received a text message from my manager to come to the office on monday to talk about some stuff. i said okay. when i showed up to the office he tells me we're going to the compliance office and leaves me in his office alone until it's time to go. one of the nurses who had told me to be careful had reported me. i tell the officer everything that happened and was honest about everything. the next day i was fired. when i was fired, my manager said they know that i did not go into her chart but because i mentioned it to my coworkers that i was fired. i have never been in trouble before this i have heard of people being suspensed on their first offenses and fired after that. so my question is: what will this do to my career? where should i go from here? i am currently in nursing school and am worried about what this is going to do to me.