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I am a nursing student, and my dad is an ON/GYN. I recently helped him deliver a baby, and his pt took pictures of us and posted them on Facebook. I would like to have these pictures, as I hope to become a CNM, and would love to have a picture of my...

Does anyone know about Vandy's "out of state" travel requirements? It mentions it several times on their website, and I'm wondering if these periods or travel are days? Weeks? Months? I love Nashville, and my family and I are willing to relocate ther...

You're right. I'm letting myself get very defensive. It's hard not to be defensive when I've been accused of everything from stalking to being the subject of nepotism to doing more than just observing a delivery to having my picture taken with a scho...

That's kind of how I interpreted it. She definitely wasn't saying that to get permission to put it on Facebook. She was just telling me it was on there. If she had not have told me it was on there, I never would have looked for her.

You're correct. I did ask strangers on the Internet about something totally different. I never asked anyone if they thought it was okay that I was working with my dad. My feelings aren't hurt. That's why I said "luckily." If the school or the clinica...

Neither the school (I just looked in the handbook), nor the hospital (I know because I work in the hospital, and know plenty of people working with relatives) have policies that one cannot work with a relative. Even my peers said that they thought th...

My motive for searching her was that she took the pictures and told me she was posting them to Facebook. I later thought that I would like to have a copy of the picture, and thought that if her profile was public (I didn't know that at the time; it w...

Not calling you anything. I was asking. You clarified.

You still haven't explained what's inappropriate. Just the nepotistic angle? Or are you immaturely (or creepily) implying that it's inappropriate in another way?

The patient and her husband both took the pictures.

Wow. This may only be a discussion between professionals, but it may be a bit too dramatic for me. It's not good for my psyche. :) I know that it is not MY moment. In no way am I trying to take it from this new mother. I didn't really think anything ...

How is it not "appropriate"?

As a student, am I only supposed to be observing and minimally involved? I was told the opposite by my clinical instructor, the director of the program, etc. Perhaps I've been given erroneous information by my school?

1. Again, I have no intentions of posting to social media. 2. My #1 (and honestly only) idea about trying to legitimately contact this person: have my dad ask her about it at her 6 wk follow up. He said he would do that for me. 3. Why do I want this...

Thanks, MunoRN. That's what I thought, but I wanted to double check. I have no intent to repost these pictures on social media, regardless of how I get them. I simply want a picture to print off and put in a personal photo album. I will make ever le...

Let me just clear something up: there was no "Facebook stalking" about it. As a user of Facebook, one knows that if one has a public profile, the general public has access to it. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but I don't appreciate the insinuation th...

So do you think that a picture of my dad and me (no baby, no pt info, literally 2 people in scrubs standing against a blank wall) that she posted to her public Facebook page is protected by HIPAA? Oh, how I wish I had addressed this issue the other d...

A little background on me: I have a BS in research psychology, I've been a NT in a level 2 trauma center for over 2 years, and I'm currently a student in a ASN program. I went into the whole nursing school thing with the sole intention of immediatel...

I helped my dad deliver a baby for the first time yesterday, and it was absolutely amazing. I wasn't actually of much help (everything went VERY smoothly... it really was pretty much a one person job), but I was there and way more involved than I've ...

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