CupcakeHead

thanks. Lesson learned. I am just going to have to take to pen and paper to reflect and keep it under lock and key. Even when you think you are being safe, there is no such thing in this day and age. Thabks for everyone's responses. I accept responsibility for my mistake. There is much room for interpretation of the law and it is better to error on the side of caution. CupcakeHead

I know. I'm actually concerned that she screen shot it before blocking me. But if you see in one of my previous posts, I do not have any school or location identified on my public Facebook profile. I recently scrubbed my page because I was applying for a job.

No, nothing visible on my public facebook page shows where I live, go to school, where I work. Even pictures that can identify my place of school are invisible. I applied for a job recently and scrubbed my FB clean of anything, even hid a bunch of posts that might be viewed as controversial. I know that I looked up the person from HR that contacted me. If I looked her up, I was confident that she would look at my facebook, too. I watched a very close friend of mine lose her job because she posted about a work related thing - not even nursing related. If they checked her profile out (she was a pee-on for her company), I am damn sure that a well known hospital would check my social media out.

I am now considering leaving the group, even though I really love it. The admins didn't say anything to me about it, but the mention of HIPAA scared the crap out of me and I deleted the post immediately.

But I see your point. And I can see why someone might be offended, after going through the HIPAA threads (which I posted this in the wrong place...first timer).

I posted it in a private support group that I am in. I don't know anyone in the group.

Thank you for your reply. I reviewed my school's policy.

The post was deleted and the individual who pointed it out, blocked me.

Hi all. Need some info. I feel confident that I didn't do anything wrong, but I just need clarification. I made a post on facebook today about a patient that I took care of. I mentioned that it was a dementia patient who was nonverbal & bed-bound and how excited I was that she responded to me and spoke some words to me. I used no individually identifying information, made no reference to the hospital or room number that the patient was in, or where she was being transferred to. I mentioned that she had a daughter who basically ran out of the room when I asked if she wanted to feed her mother. Nor did I post any pictures of this patient. A woman on the thread said that I had violated patient confidentiality. I really didn't think that I violated anything, but now I'm worried since I am 2 weeks from graduating.