CM35

So I was out with my friend who was telling me all about her new job at a hospital and all the exciting things she has learned. She has not said any names, merely talking about how pitiful some of her patients are after she starts her shift and how rude some of the nurses are towards her. She isn't a nurse herself and to protect herself, I won't say what she is. However, she has direct contact with patients and is now in fear of violating HIPPA. All she mentioned was that someone had an IV in her nipple (sounds very painful) and wanted to be stuck there for a procedure and that she's just had to deal with what patients have said to her. One evening she had to perform a procedure on an elderly patient who wasn't too happy with how her nurse had been talking about her. Is she in violation?