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  1. 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...

  2. 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

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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

  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 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...

  8. 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)....

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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,...

  12. 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

  13. Did I say the wrong thing?

    guest1200295 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A patient was in very critical, acute medical emergency situation, so the critical care team gathered in this patient's room to do their thing to try to help the patient. I'm in the area, not involved...

  14. 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...

  15. Did I say the wrong thing?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    great relief,

  16. 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

  17. Sharing our own personal info OK?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so

  18. Sharing our own personal info OK?

    guest1200295 posted a topic in General Nursing

    While talking to family of a patient, we found that we had common roots in the same town. I told them that I had attended a church there, and they said, "well, you must know so and so", and went on to...

  19. Nosy question?

    guest1200295 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a support staffer. I knew of a patient in serious condition whose family, for whatever reason, didn't plan to visit, and my understanding was that they did not expect to come in on the day I...

  20. Nosy question?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in General Nursing

    It does help, thank

  21. It it okay to hug a child?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in Pediatric

    Oh, thank you so much for your thoughtful reply, which encourages me greatly. I was thinking to myself, "Well, that hug was either wrong, or possibly a comforting thing for that child." You wrote that...

  22. It it okay to hug a child?

    guest1200295 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm not a nurse, but a support staffer. While offering support to a family in deep grief, one of the kids, maybe 8, 9, or 10 years old, trailed after me into the hallway, asked me some questions, and...

  23. Advice about walking outside while recovering from Covid

    guest1200295 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I finally got (mild) Covid. My symptoms began on Feb 20, and today is day 10. I never had a fever, just fatigue/aches (which have been gone for days), and an occasional cough (also virtually gone...

  24. Advice about walking outside while recovering from Covid

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm glad you never got it! Who knows ... IMHO, the virus seems very mysterious in some ways. As the Greeks say, many years to you, and enjoy the blessing of your health!

  25. Did something unwise, but was it a HIPAA violation?

    guest1200295 replied to guest1200295's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    thank you, good to know