StudentOnTheEdge

Thank you Princess1234! This lawsuit and from what I have learned about my current school have showed me that the schools believe they have too much power in our lives as students. As adults, We are free to do anything lawfully, but as students, we are back living with our parents and have to obey by their rules and can get "in trouble" for things that the normal Joe would be overlooked upon. Instead of using opportunities of error to teach us our mistakes, They throw the book at us the first second they have a chance by making each scenerio the worst it could possibly be when in turn, it was actually an amazing teaching opportunity. I know of a student who had gotten in trouble with his school because of a facebook post he made reguarding his opinions in an aspect of his life. Had nothing to do with school, nurses, instructors, or patients. When do schools get the line drawn for invading our lives as students? As well, another student got into a verbal disagreement during a NONNURSING RELATED SUMMER SCHOOL class while in a nursing program and got called into the Nursing directors office to get told she is being looked at for suspension due to her "actions". Sadly, this involvement by the schools is discouraging nursing students and ruining the precious Nursing School experience that we all crave. Great blog guys. I appreciate all your input in this cas!. It is very interesting and a bit controvertial as well. If you have any more court cases, Post them!

Great conversation! The next question to be asked would be if the school should tell the place of employment about the occurance? If they believe or dont believe that hipaa was violated, do they have the right to call and get the student and possibly the physician fired?

So far, everyone has split opinions... "Jane works in the ED part time as a tech and goes to nursing school. She was working one day when a "once in a lifetime" patient came in with an issue that brought about a head scan that none of the doctors in the ED had seen to date in their 200+ years total of experience. Jane wanted to take a picture of the scan for educational purposes. She asked the very well respected doctor who was caring for the patient, who had also been the nursing director. The Physician agreed happily and told her to make sure the picture she took with her phone did not have any identifying features in it, and Jane did as instructed. There were no numbers or letters on the scan that would identify the patient. Jane was excited to share her great scan with her instructor who she trusted in the educational setting. She had not shown anyone, and in private, she showed her instructor while telling the instructor about what she had learned. In a very concerned tone of voice, the instructor said to delete it immediately and she had violated Hipaa." Did Jane violate Hipaa law? Or is this a grey area untouched by the law? Should Jane be taken out of nursing school?