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1. Did I handle this alright?

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, yes, and your message is not unkind at all. I believe you are right. I appreciate your taking time to share this, and maybe somehow, I can find help for my anxiousness about these

2. Did I handle this alright?

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I would think that staff (and I'm not an RN, but a support staffer) could do this to "process" their emotions/experiences. I didn't mention names, though in other conversations where a...

3. Did I handle this alright?

   guest1200295 posted a topic in General Nursing

   While in an interdisciplinary team meeting, a staffer recalled a tragic patient/family experience to us, and asked (since I am a fellow staffer) if I had heard about it. I wasn't sure but thought that...

4. Yet another HIPAA/confidentiality question

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks, do you think it's alright if I tell "B" that I was able to see their relative (the patient) before they

5. Yet another HIPAA/confidentiality question

   guest1200295 posted a topic in General Nursing

   A staff member in our healthcare facility (who I'll call "B" for anonymity) had an extended family member as one of our patients. B saw that I was waiting to visit the patient as part of my work as a...

6. Was this unethical of me?

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   I really like this

7. Was this unethical of me?

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for this! I've seen many patient's ages and other info in the course of necessary work, sometimes from necessity and sometimes from curiosity (much more from the 1st than the 2nd, of course)....

8. Was this unethical of me?

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I guess I'm not entirely sure about my motivation (or personal curiosity). It was just a random question ("I wonder how old they are") and easy enough to see the answer there. I thank you...

9. Was this unethical of me?

   guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

   well, it's the "need to know" issue versus my own curiosity. I know that many folks involved in direct medical care would "need to know" the person's age, and in a larger sense I suppose that anyone...

10. Was this unethical of me?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    By name, mostly, and there were other factors that made me sure I had the right person when I offered support to them. I didn't read their age before speaking to them, but later, while charting,...

11. Was this unethical of me?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I guess I feel conflicted because I, in my role as support staff, didn't "need to know" the

12. Was this unethical of me?

    guest1200295 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a support staffer, and recently while charting on a patient, I thought, very quickly, "I wonder how old this person is." The person's age was literally right there on my record, by their name, so...

13. Did I say the wrong thing?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    I was also worried because I'd asked the visitor if they were looking for the family (I knew the fam had been around), and later freaked out, thinking, "Why'd I say that? That sounds suspiciously like...

14. Did I say the wrong thing?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    great relief,

15. Did I say the wrong thing?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    thank you. I'm now doubting myself, wondering if I said, "working on him" -- I hope not