Charles Barrow

Charles Barrow specializes in Professor of Nursing Research and Ethics.

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1. NGT Inserted Into Lung

   Charles Barrow replied to MomRn3's topic in General Nursing

   At your facilities, are patients or their representatives typically informed after an NGT is inserted into a

2. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Exactly! You’ve confirmed one explanation for why shadows may not be able to answer questions relevant to HIPAA. I’ve not been able to find any published evidence one way or the other on...

3. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   It is not necessary to have seen shadowing take place to know what HIPAA’s position on the subject is. There are 8 district offices with district managers who help administer HIPAA. The district...

4. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Ditto! I had two cataract surgeries over the last 6 weeks at which time I was made privy to personal information about other patients and I suppose they were made privy to mine. Given what I heard...

5. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   As far as I can tell, you are correct; I have been unable to find anything about shadowing programs in HIPAA documents. However, HIPAA authorities do address shadowing. That’s one of the reasons I...

6. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   I will respond to your post a bit at a time beginning with your last question. I have been conducting research using a technique called triangulation which involves, in my case, the use of both...

7. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   "A health care provider may utilize the services of a contract film crew to produce training videos or public relations materials on the provider’s behalf if certain protections are in place. If...

8. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

   Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   A survey I have done suggests that few healthcare providers are aware of what HIPAA authorities (as distinct from HIPAA itself) do permit. For example, according to one of the Office of Civil Rights'...

9. Why Black History is Important in Nursing Education

   Charles Barrow replied to Stacy Winters's topic in General Nursing

   I assume, maybe incorrectly, that by “wrong” you don’t mean morally or ethically wrong. In context, the only other interpretive option is that by wrong you mean that “the individual” was...

10. Why Black History is Important in Nursing Education

    Charles Barrow replied to Stacy Winters's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me that the best place to begin a discussion of racism is to define and conceptualize it. In my experience, this occurs only in academe. Outside of the academy – in blogs such as this...

11. Why Black History is Important in Nursing Education

    Charles Barrow replied to Stacy Winters's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct; racism is a construct. So too is race. More precisely, race and racism are social and theoretical

12. Why Black History is Important in Nursing Education

    Charles Barrow replied to Stacy Winters's topic in General Nursing

    I see no evidence that TheMoonisMyLantern feels “the need to categorize people by the color of their skin.” People in the U.S. and most other countries tend to be socialized early in life to...

13. Why Black History is Important in Nursing Education

    Charles Barrow replied to Stacy Winters's topic in General Nursing

    One does not have to look too hard to find historical accounts of Black American experiences during Black History Month. I find that writings about American Indians seem to increase in November...

14. Can I practice on you?

    Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Students have practiced on me a number of times over the years. I always believed that by volunteering my time and veins to help them learn, I was providing them with a service. Yet, although one...

15. Knock knock. Who's there? HIPAA. HIPAA who?

    Charles Barrow replied to Joe V's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I suspect that if the patient in the cartoon filed a complaint with HIPAA authorities, they would classify the apparent HIPAA breach as "incidental" and take no action. This is what happened to me....