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I work in ER. We have several male nurses and techs. The males bring a different face to nursing. I, for one, am glad we have males in the business.

It is because 911 emergency centers are not covered entities, as defined under HIPAA (below). http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/index.html A Covered Entity is one of the following: A Health Care Provider This includes...

Orca, how silly! Anyone can play the race card for any reason at any time. :)

Julie, the nurse, forgot Nursing 101: 1) Right Patient 2) Right Route 3) Right Dose 4) Right Time 5) Right Medication.

My goodness. I don't think I can stand another "everybody is better than the USA" post. You win, Viking. I'm outta here.

Or, as it appears, the government? https://allnurses.com/social-health-care/largest-denier-health-429993.html#post3906423

My husband's been gone now for almost six years. I would give anything to be able to fix dinner for him just one more time.

Today the Department of Health and Human Services released new regulations concerning privacy breaches. This, of course, could open health care workers to civil lawsuits in serious breaches. Previously, a covered entity was not required to air its...

HIPAA does not apply to family members.

Didn't I see you in the circus last week?:wink2:

You can answer your own question. Was the minimum information about the patient communicated to the HR and Administrator, in order for them to do their jobs? Couldn't this have just been communicated as "Patient X"? Yes, this was a violation, but t...

Since you're asking opinions... I think it is rarely a good idea to go into debt, but if you must, make it the debt that will be the least. As for leaving your present job, what will happen to you and your husband if you lose your job? With nursing,...

you are close to reading it correctly. if the nurse does not transmit protected health information electronically, then she is not covered by hipaa privacy regulations. the original question was concerning hipaa. hipaa does not forbid a directly-...

There are specific regulations that determine who is covered by HIPAA. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaageninfo/downloads/coveredentitycharts.pdf

If this nurse was working for, and getting paid directly from, Michael Jackson, then there is no HIPAA violation. But, I agree, she shows a distinct lack of class and lack of respect for her deceased patient.

What would be the cutoff age for aggressively trying to save a life rather than letting nature take its course? Have we not seen miracle patients come back from what we thought were impossible odds?

I would phrase the above differently: Is it wrong for people to die because they don't have money?

Rude statement. I think he does like how things are in this country right now.

Dog turds have good work ethics?

I've heard ABC being called the All Barack Channel. Each side has its cute, and somewhat accurate names. Where there's smoke... Regardless, no one knows how this is all going to end up. Maybe neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are correct. ...

Faux News...hahaha, that is so clever! http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/06/23/obamacare_kiss_your_access_goodbye_97122.html

A good explanation of the uninsured: http://www.creators.com/opinion/larry-elder.html

SoundOfMusic, It feels good sometimes to write such a letter to let off steam; just don't send it.

I've heard funny jokes about Obama, too. Neither Obama nor Bush can legally do much of anything of consequence without congressional approval, although a significant amount of control is now being handed off to Obama's minions, aka czars.

"I let his whiny little racist butt sit out there in triage area for 2 hours...I wish there was a way to educate people, but stupid is stupid." "Some old bag of a patient..." "Because people are stupid." "Countering some racist ******* idiocy w...