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JKL33 Sorry you feel that way.

JKL33 My "tone"? I simply asked for guidance, and informed you all what she did and how she handled it. I don't feel I gave off a "tone".

Hoosier_RN, MSN I know how cut-throat nursing can be, but being mean and or cruel to new nurses and nursing students is definitely going to end up biting us in the behind. Cruelness shouldn't be tolerated and its actually no longer being tolerated as nurses are leaving bedside in astronomical numbers. We have to do better in the way we treat are new nurses and nursing students.

Hoosier_RN, MSN I know how cut-throat nursing can be, but being mean and or cruel to new nurses and nursing students is definitely going to end up biting us in the behind. Cruelness shouldn't be tolerated and its actually no longer being tolerated as nurses are leaving bedside in astronomical numbers. We have to do better in the way we treat are new nurses and nursing students.

No one said you were being mean, unkind and cut-throat were the words used. Thanks for the input.

Nurse Alexa, MSN, RN I could maybe understand the need to tell everyone in her group if it was a teaching experience, but it wasn't. The professor simply blurted it out and excused the class. No follow up, no educational teaching and no room for questions.

CommunityRNBSN, BSN, RN This information came directly from the hospital's occupational health department. This is a huge hospital organization in my state as well as various other states.

vintagegal, BSN, RN Thank you so much for your response, and I agree, responses were pretty cut-throat. I think nurses sometimes forget just how difficult nursing school can be. My daughter did actually stand up for herself and emailed the professor with her concerns. I was very proud of her, and her professor apologized for her actions. Of note, per occupational health, when there is an injury at their facility, they become a patient and HIPAA rules do apply. They stated information should only be given on a need to know basis. Again, thank you for your kind response.

Thanks for the info. Btw, I am staying out of it, I was simply asking for guidance as to how she could handle the situation as I know I cannot be impartial. Also, my daughter was not gathering phone numbers whatsoever, they were offered to her.

I just need some advice regarding my daughter, who is currently in nursing school. She was at her clinical rotation when she received a finger stick injury. Her nurse had her wash her hands and then it was reported to the charge on the floor. My daughter then messaged her instructor to let her know about the incident. When the instructor got to the floor she became extremely upset and started slamming things down yelling at my daughter stating she should've contacted her immediately. She was extremely rude, so much so, the charge and her nurse stated she was behaving very unprofessionally. My daughter was so upset she went to the bathroom and just cried as she was utterly humiliated in front of so many individuals. At post conference, all the students were talking about their day, when her instructor suddenly turned to my daughter and told all her fellow students that she had received a finger stick injury. The instructor then got up and said conference was over and excused the class. Once again, she felt utterly humiliated. I am so angry I don't know what to do. My daughter said she would email her instructor tomorrow to talk to her about what happened. What I would like to know is if this instructor violated HIPAA by telling the class what happened and the various labs she had drawn. I also think the dean should be made aware of the instructors unprofessional behavior as this makes her teaching institution look really bad. I am trying to stay out of this and allow my daughter to handle it, I'm just looking for a little guidance. P.S. The nurse who was working with my daughter gave her her phone number just in case she needed someone to collaborate her story.