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I have found out that the doctor did violate HIPPA. The teenage girl is now mortified to see any doctor/dentist, etc. I am trying to talk to my friend's daughter and let her know not all health care workers are this way. All I know to do is talk to the mother and daughter and try to help them as much as I can. I have told the daughter that if there is something she wants me to tell her mother I will but only in the room with the daughter. The worse part is this family practice doctor was my doctor until this happened. I along with the rest of my family are looking for a new family practice doctor.

I have a friend, who just found out that her 16 year old daughter is pregnant. The concern is the parents found out from the family physician. The pregnant teen went to the family physician by herself. The doctor then called the parents and told them to come to the office. While at the doctors office the doctor told the parents that their daughter was pregnant. The teen was not in the room when the parents were told nor did she ask for her parents to be contacted. As a new Cardiac nurse, I was wondering if this was common practice or a HIPPA violation. I am just curious, my friend did not ask.

I have not started yet, since I do not have my temporary license in hand. I am hoping that I receive it this week. I am ready to start work. It sucks that I can not even sit through the classroom orientation on blood borne, HIPPA, etc. until the hospital has a copy of the temporary license.

I took the step down unit. Once I have my temporary license I can call and get on the schedule to start orientation. I just hope I do not have to wait long to take the NCLEX.

Thanks for the input. I have decided on the step down unit.

In May, I graduate with my BSN. I have been offered two positions, which are working on the telemetry floor or the cardiac unit step down floor. I do not know which one I should choose. I want to take the postion that will give me the most experience where I can advance to the coronary care unit or to the open heart recovery/unit. The positions are at the same hospital. I just do not want to take one and wish that I had taken the other.

I also found this weird and crazy. If I had not seen the siderails still up, I would not have believed this.

Thanks for the input. What freaked me out was the patient going from the bed to the floor.

I am a senior student nurse. This week in clinical, one of my patients had an ICD for about three years, he was in the hospital for pneumonia. The patient was laying in bed asleep with the side rails up. All of a sudden his ICD went off and patient was found laying on the floor with the side rails still up. I found this odd, has anyone every had this happen to a patient? Outcome: Thanks to the patient being on telemetry. A code was called and patient survived and was transferred to the CCU.

I finish in May. I was terrified until last week when our clinical instructor met with us after clinical and let us discuss how we were terrified about boards and getting our first real nursing job. I was so shocked that everyone else in my clinical group was terrrifed. We had the policy of what is said in this room stays in this room, so no one would be worried about what they said getting out to other students in our class. Basically our instrustor told us, "Take it one day at a time. There are review classes for boards at the school that will be done closer to graduation. When you do hit the floor on the job you will be on orientation. You can always find someone to help with your questions whether it is the charge nurse, or just a seasoned nurse." If you are worried about references in getting the job, use your recent clinical instructors. So I am basically taking it one day at the time and enjoying my last semester of my BSN.

I am just a student also. How about talking to some one in a doctor's office near where you live(preferably an LPN) to get there ideas. I know the doctor's office I go to only hires LPNs and all of them seem to love their job.

Most of my class is on something. We joke and refer to our antidepressant as a B@*&$ pill.

My clinicals officaial start at 7:00AM. We do not have preconference. We must be in report from the night nurse by 6:45 AM. Everyone in my clinical group beats the instructor. If you get there 1 minute late you might as well had stayed home in the bed because you are counted absent, unless you have an excellent excuse (tow bill or repair bill for your dead car or an accident report). I have only been late once and that was when I got rear ended sitting at a stop sign. I had to wait over an hour for the state tropper. While waiting for the state tropper I got up with my instructor to see if she still wanted me to come in. I was able to complete the clinical day, but had to provide a copy of the traffic accident report with my clincial paperwork. Thank goodness I had an awesome instructor first semester who understood it was not my faught for being late. So pack that clinical bag the night before and plan on arriving early.

I had the same problem. I told the so called friends that I was studying to be a nurse and was dealing with people where a mistake could mean life or death. Since then, they have not been my friends. I really do not care. The friends I have made in nursing school are my best friends and we act like sisters.:studyowl:

I am a nursing student. For clinical today, I was required to observe in a busy family physician office. I got the feeling from some of the nurses that they truly hated their job. The nurses that hated their job have been there at least three years, and have never received a raise. They also totally dislike the new office manger who has been there approximately a year and a half. (The nurses voluntered this information). I only asked the nurses for what they liked most about their position. I have to do a paper on my clinical experience and I am totally unsure of how to handle this. I am sure they are experiencing burnout. Thanks for your help.