brainysmurfette

Thanks for the help, guys. I am not sure if I personally am on the hit list or not, but I am guessing we will find out when I go in for class. If they try to say this is a HIPAA thing, I am going to fight it. It seems like a personal agenda of our new head of nursing. Just feels off. we had our post conference before we went to the funeral home and had no idea that we were going to see what we did. I mean, we're big girls, and alot of us know what goes on behind the scenes, but it was shown to us in a very grusome manner, and didn't seem appropriate without warning. I think this is why some of the details of what we saw were leaked.

I understand that...it just seems like a funeral home wouldn't be covered by HIPAA, and the details they spilled were not names, or any kind of medical records, or anything that could be related to a person. I guess that's why I'm confused.

I am currently a senior in the nursing program at my school. A few weeks ago, we went on a 'field trip' to a funeral home to see what happens after some patients take a turn for the worse, and we have to help the grieving family through the next steps. After a general talk, we took a tour into the embalming room, and into the crematorium. Is this 'field trip' covered by HIPAA? Some of our students are getting in trouble for talking about the details of the trip, and I had thought that HIPAA mainly covered medical records and patient information. None of this was given to us, and no information about any patients was ever said by any of our students. The name of the funeral home wasn't even mentioned. Would love some input on this one. --Jordan