brendasue

I never accessed medical records for this information and the pt was never assigned to me. I found out thru other nurses talking about the name and when I was in class I never related it back to it being a pt or in the hospital setting. The student just assumed that is how I knew.

I have an appeal already set up but cannot find any good reference material with me being a student regarding HIPAA.

I am a nursing student. During class I mentioned a first and middle name of a pt in class but did not give any information that I knew it from the hospital setting. All I said is a woman named her child ___ ____. Its a small town and it was one students niece which she stated in class and then went and filed a HIPPA complaint to the woman over the program. I was kicked out of the program for this. Is there anything I can do to fight this??? I need some serious help!!!!