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Just an update on my situation. I met with my attorney today and he wants to file a assault and battery charge against her. At first I didn't want to because I know that my hospitalization will come out and I have never wanted anyone to know. My parents talked to me for a long time as well as did my sister that is a dentist and I think I finally believe them that I have nothing to be ashamed of. They said after the anaphylactic shock that it wasn't surprising that I became depressed. It was an awful thing to happen to someone and any one would have been very scared. I guess I am ready to fight for my rights and I know it was my right to not have my medical information repeated by an hospital employee. The sheriff tried to deliver the restraining order again today but she gave another fake address. I asked what they do now and they said they will continue to try and serve her. My lawyer has some good advice so hopefully this whole thing can be resolved. I let my mom and sister read these messages and they thank you for being so kind and helpful. That is everyone but one person. My mom says don't worry about people like her because if she thinks this isn't wrong then she is the same type of person as the girl who is doing this to me. My sister says just ignore the mean poster and listen to the ones giving me good and kind advice so that is what I am going to do. There are enough mean people in this world and I will jump on the band wagon with all the other great nurses. I may just decide to be a nurse myself someday. Thanks.

I think there is a poster on here that is made at the world. Sorry for the misspelling of words. I'm sure to some of you it seems weird that this girl has a job in the hospital with all these protective orders against her but she does indeed work in ICU as a telemetry tech. My friends mom said that doctor's are notorious for not signing off a computer so it would be very easy for her to get on the computer they just used to look up someones medical records. The hospital and Hipaa are doing an investigation on her right now. When the police went to serve the protection order on her she had put down a fake address. They called Friday and said that is a big no-no. They were going to serve her at the hospital but she can't be within 60 feet of the hosptial grounds until the investigation is over. My friends mom who is a nurse talked to one of the nurses in ICU that she is friends with and she told her this wasn't the first time this girl was in trouble for just this same thing. Why does she still have a job there? Because her mom is nurse there also. Anyway, I just want it to be over so I can get on with my life. Even though I am doing so much better I still have periods of depression. My support person just tells me to let the law do there work and she will be stopped. I pray it does. Thank you for the support. Other than one critical person on here all the rest of you have been so supportive. God bless all of you. I'm sure you are such kind and caring nurses.

babynurselsa zmaybe you can explain to me your reply "I am still looking for that 10 fooet pole smilinng" I presume you are being sarcastic but I don't know why. Aren't you a nurse like most of those on here but with little passion?

Rob, It upsets me when I read I am not telling the whole story. It makes me feel bad. The only reason this girl can be so hateful to me is because I joined the soreity and she didn't even though they pledged her also. The other reason is becasue when I lived in the apartment below her. When she and another girl beat up a nursing school student I didn't see them go into the apartment but I was just getting home and I saw them grab her around the neck and the other one had her by the legs. They through here really hard to the ground and hit a tree. I got scared so I called 911. The police took both of the girls to the station and the nursing student to the ER. About a week later this Betty who manages the apartments called me and asked if I would be a witness for them as they filed a suit against her for 1ST degree assault against a tenent. My parants and I decided that it wouldn't be a good idea and she would come after me My attorney told me yesterday he wants to file an assault charge also. He had talked to the county attorney on Friday and he said this girl is very dangerous and is well known in the law enforcement parties. Now I am even more scared than ever. Most of you have been very kind and I thank you so much. A few others can't seem to make sense of it all. Like I'm not telling the whole thruth or they think there is more to the story. I guess I must reinstated that this is the whole truth. We do know from going to the courthouse that this girl has had over 25 harrassment and protection orders on her. I don't know why she acts this way and is so hateful. I do think she must be hurting inside her to be so cruel. However, I am so scared and if the police tell me she is dangerous then I know she will do anything she can to me. Again, I have never told anyome except my parents, two sisters and my friend who e-mailed this message board initially and her mom. That is it.

What do you mean by financial sanctions?

Hi everyone. I guess I didn't make myself clear about our nursing status. We are in a 4 year BSN program(nursing) but the first two years are in general studies. We have no nursing classes at this time. That's why I said that if we had been in them we would have known about Hipaa violations. They told my friend and my mom at the hospital that if she ever looked at her chart that they would know because she would have had to sign into a computer. They can tell somehow every person that has looked at a patient's chart per computer. She took her cell phone into Altel to see if they can bring up all the text messages. (This is my friend talking, the one that this happened to). Hi. I have read all the e-mails you guys wrote and most of them have been so helpful. I guess some of you don't believe my story but I can guarantee this is really happening. I didn't tell this girl anything about why I was in the hospital except my parents and sister's. I went and saw an attorney today per advice of my parent's. I filed a restraining order today also. He called and talked to Hipaa and he helped me file a violation. They said it would take about six weeks to investigate. She always told me that she had seen my medical records. One time she told us that she could get on a computer at the hospital were she works and look up any patient she wanted to. My friend's mom told us that she could look up information about a patient on the computer but if anyone ever found out that she looked it would be instant firing. My lawyer said it could come down to he said she said so hopefully they will find her name on my chart. Even if it doesn't go that way at least she will be warned and should stay away from me. Anyway, thank you for most of the replies given to my friend and I.

Hey. We'll my mom and my friend went to the hospital early this morning and talked to the head of corporate compliance. They are going to do an investigation right away. She will not be able to be less than 60 feet from the hospital and will be let go till after the investigation. Of course, they tried to talk her out of filing a Hipaa complaint although she is going to anyway with the help of my mom. Another titbit on this girl. This May she was kicked out of her apartment after she and another girl beat a college student up really bad. That girl has filed an assault charge against her as well as the apartment owner for causing bodily harm on a tenent. I am afraid this girl is dangerous. My friend called her parents and they are coming home tomorrow. She is really scared and that if anything is done it will come out why she was admitted. Hopefully her parents will be able to talk to her and encourage her to do the right thing. Also, my mom told her she should get a restraining order on this girl so she can't come anywhere near my friend. Thanks for the advice. Now I know why my mom wanted to be a nurse because you guys are the best. So kind and helpful.

Thank you to everyone that replied. I talked to my mom as soon as she got home and she said the same thing you guys are saying. She said that is a big Hipaa violation and that this girl needs to be stopped immediately. She wants to go with my friend tomorrow and help her talk to the right people so hopefully my friend will let her go. Mom said at first she hated the new Hipaa rules but that this is the exact reason for it. I will update everyone tomorrow. I also don't know for sure what the girl does but I think something like a tech.

Thanks to those of you that replied to me. If someone of you think I am the person I'm writing about you are wrong. My friend is in nursing school along with me but we haven't really started the nursing part. We are just in our general studies. If we were in the nursing part I'm sure we know about Hipaa so we wouldn't have to ask this question. My friend only confided in me because her parent's are her other sister in California helping her set up her new dental practice. She didn't want to worry them out there so she sat me down last night and asked me what she thought she should do. My mom is a nurse and comes to this board so I thought I would ask you nurses. I wanted to ask my mom but my friend is so embarrassed over her hospitalization that she didn't want me to. My friend told me that she never has told anyone other than her parents(who were with her) and her two sisters. Plus, she said this girl always tells her that she has seen her medical records and she know she was in the hospital for depression and addiction. She is going to go to the hospital tomorrow and talk to the person in charge of Hipaa violations. She said she is tired of this being held over her head and is having a hard time concentrating at school. I just told her she has nothing to be ashamed of but for some reason she is. I think I will ask my mom about it and just leave out my friends name as soon as she gets off of work. She works 3-11 so she should be home soon. I will update you after she goes to the hospital. I may go with her for support if she'll let me. Thanks for the replies. I have shown all of them to her.

I have a friend that is pretty sure a Hippa violation happened to her. She was getting ready to go to college last year and two days before she was going she got a shot of Rocephin IM for a sinus infection. She went into anaphlactic shock and almost died. She was in the hospital in her home town for 4 days. She had a very hard time and was diagnosed with PTSD. In May she was admitted to the hospital in the town where her college is for depression narcotic addiction. She was in there a week and with counseling has done awesome. That month she moved into an apartment where she met a girl that lived upstairs. They were friends until my friend moved out of that apartment and into the soriety house. This girl that lived upstairs didn't like my friend anymore since she joined the soriety. For the next six months this girl was real mean to my friend when ever she saw her. This girl worked at the same hospital my friend was hospitilzed for the depression. This girl was always calling my friend and text messaging her that she was going to tell everyone why she was in the hospital. My friend was scared because she didn't want anyone to know. About a month ago this girl was at the same club as my friend and followed her into the bathroom. She grabbed my friend around the neck and said "I'm going to tell everyone why you were in the hospital b---and everyone will know you are psycho and a drug addict. You can't get me in trouble and will have no proof i've told anyone." My friend went to the police station and reported the assault. They said this girl just committed a big Hippa violation and wanted her to talk to the people at the hospital. She is scared and doesn't know what to do. She said when she was friends with this girl that she would always tell her why patients were admitted there and would have charts of different patients at her apartment. At the time she didn't know why this girl would have them since she isn't a nursing student. Anyway, my friend doesn't know what to do. Is this a Hippa violation?