MunoRN RN

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    C-Diff and commode disinfection

    MunoRN replied to momandstudent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Proper treatment, rather than long term isolation precautions, should be the main way of dealing with this. According to UpToDate, proper treatment of C-diff with oral Vanco is 98% effective in the...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I am referring to the ICU. Facebook actually isn't "password protected" just like an obituary, anyone can look up someone on facebook and view their information, photos, etc unless they make such...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't disagree that there is a potential problem with downloading a picture with the baby in it and it appears the OP agreed: The main issue I've been trying to get someone to clarify or support...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That is also exactly how it works with faceook. I've seen obits posted in every LTC staff break room I can think of and this isn't the only hospital I've worked at the distributed obits in one way...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    A Death itself is automatically public information, the biographical information in an obituary is not, it's something that is chosen to be shared, same as facebook. Again I agree, and apparently so...
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    C-Diff and commode disinfection

    MunoRN replied to momandstudent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Has this patient's C-diff infection gone untreated this whole
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    did not chart

    MunoRN replied to sumomechuu's topic in General Nursing

    Unless the notes they are referring are how report is given to the next Nurse then it's not patient
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I haven't read an obituary in an actual newspaper for years, they are online now. They can be searched just like facebook, they can also forwarded which is how I now about many of them, my Hospital...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If reading an obituary is some sort of violation, surely there should be at least one example of this practice being banned or where someone was disciplined for doing
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That's great and all but doesn't refer to viewing publicly available
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    There is a wealth of social media policy recommendations, ethicist consensus, privacy compliance advice, etc so if this is a commonly held rule it shouldn't be hard to find something that supports...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't argue that you can get in a lot of trouble for violating a social media policy, I just can't find any evidence that viewing a patient's publicly available information violates any social media...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Nothing there that I can find
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm looking for information to prove your point, not mine. If it's so common, it shouldn't be hard to find at least one
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That doesn't appear to have anything to with viewing publicly available information about
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    asked to delay child bearing

    MunoRN replied to KonaDog05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry to be the jerk here, but why would you take a job with a one year commitment if didn't plan on fulfilling that
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I wouldn't disagree with such rule if it actually was common, but I can't find anything to confirm that this is a common rule or that it is even rare. Nursing Program social media policies are widely...
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    How do you get co-nurses to customize their monitors?

    MunoRN replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in MICU, SICU

    I ask them why such-and-such alarm is necessary for this patient and then turn it off unless they can make an argument for
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The OP's first question: Which after the first response changed
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't disagree that you shouldn't be keeping a picture of someone else's baby, but I don't see the issue with keeping a picture that is just you and your dad without any other sensitive information...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You have to go out of your way to share your address on facebook, which probably was the bigger mistake of this person. But even so, haven't phone books been around for a while? Why do we attribute...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    How does that 'present the
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    Hypothyroid question

    MunoRN replied to MeghanPA's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, we can't give specific medical advice, but as a general rule try to remember that working night shift, even a few nights a week, has been well established to royally mess with you...
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    Visitor filming during code

    MunoRN replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a Nurse you can be legally filmed at work since you have no legal expectation of privacy (unless you are in the bathroom, changing room, etc). Facilities can have rules against filming on the...
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    Pt's FB pictures of me

    MunoRN replied to rse3's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    She seemed to limit it to just pictures of her and her dad after the initial responses, but I would agree that she should certainly should not 'keep' (download, print, etc) any pictures with the baby...