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  1. Did I handle this alright?

    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 things!
  2. Did I handle this alright?

    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 specific group of staff have cared for the same person...
  3. Did I handle this alright?

    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 I had heard about the situation, so said that I t...
  4. Yet another HIPAA/confidentiality question

    Thanks, do you think it's alright if I tell "B" that I was able to see their relative (the patient) before they discharged?
  5. 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 support staffer. B has been in the patient's room ...
  6. Was this unethical of me?

    I really like this :)!
  7. Was this unethical of me?

    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). In fact, after posting my question above and while ...
  8. Was this unethical of me?

    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 for understanding, and understanding the "panic", w...
  9. Was this unethical of me?

    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 involved in their holistic care would/should be awa...
  10. Was this unethical of me?

    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, after my curiosity led me to glance at it (which again...
  11. Was this unethical of me?

    Thanks, I guess I feel conflicted because I, in my role as support staff, didn't "need to know" the age.
  12. Was this unethical of me?

    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 I glanced at it, and then felt guilty. Ages of pa...
  13. Did I say the wrong thing?

    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 the patient isn't doing well and the visitor migh...
  14. Did I say the wrong thing?

    great relief, thanks!!
  15. Did I say the wrong thing?

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