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  1. HIPAA violation?

    I’m needing advice on this issue. The only reason I am asking is that I’m not sure if this is a HIPAA violation. A co worker of mine has videos and pictures of this patient on her personal cell phone. I know this because she showed me. The patient is...
  2. Nurse Beth

    Worried About HIPAA Violations

    Hi Nurse Beth, I have a question ... I admittedly have major anxiety. It affects my work being that I overthink and tend to make a mountain out of a molehill. I try to follow ALL the rules. HIPAA is something I am TERRIFIED of breaking and I'm 10000%...
  3. HIPPA question for friend with POA

    I have a friend who has her father in the hospital four hours away from her. She has been there with him for about a week and finally had to go home. She keeps calling to get info. but the nurses won't say anything other than he is "stable" and "rest...
  4. Nurse Beth

    CNA Violating HIPAA

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have a question regarding home health and CNA's. We have a CNA that calls/texts the primary nurses too many times a day for things that are not issues. Which in turn takes time from the pts that we are currently providing c...
  5. Am I Breaking HIPAA

    I was venting on reddit about this coworker who was really rude to me. I discussed the situation and included a quote that the coworker said to me about the patient. I used general statements about the patient situation such as "the intubated patient...
  6. So we had one of our doctors call back into our facility(prison) saying he wouldn't be in for two weeks because he had a covid exposure at his office ..I took the call and let the other nurse know the situation..the pharmacist was also present in our...
  7. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    I submitted a worksheet from the wrong patient to my instructor (I printed and submitted a worksheet from a patient from a previous semester by accident). Is it a HIPAA violation? Why or why not?
  8. Case Study: HIPAA violation or not?

    Scenario: A student took a picture of a patients wound during clinicals, we are unsure if consent was given. The student then showed the pressure wound to the class at a break. Should she be reprimanded for this action or no harm was done? is thi...
  9. Is age part of HIPAA?

    This is actually not just age but GESTATIONAL age. I work in the NICU and was caring for a mom who's baby was coming out to be kangarooed (held). I helped get her settled and went into the hall and my charge nurse said there was 34 week twins co...
  10. HIPAA breach

    I had a meeting with the head of security. A former coworker of mine had filed a complaint to the Federal Government accusing another coworker and I of posting patient photos and patient updates on social media. Her complaint was completely false, bu...
  11. HIPAA scapegoat

    First of all I wanted to say that I created this account for my wife. She is fighting either an unbelievable level of incompetence or unimaginable level of malice from her now former employer. I figured we are at the point where we need to crowd so...
  12. Hi all, So I am working in a GI floor. I am currently living with my father who has a history of heart and GI disease. My father has been having back and chest pain that never got better for 2 weeks. Kept trying to tell him to go to the emergency ro...
  13. I'm always afraid of violating HIPAA . What am I allowed to share and what about this ??? ... so I am a CNA and have a paper from the previous shift that has patients last name , nurse for the night and any other notes I write down. I only made a few...
  14. BSN-to-MSN

    HIPAA violation?

    Hello! There was a "patient satisfaction" tactic implemented in the hospital where I work on the inpatient unit about 3-4 months ago. A patient who has been discharged to home and AOX4, is called 2-3 days post discharge to ask how are they doing...
  15. Hallway conversation with family too public?

    While talking with a family member of a patient in the hallway, I asked, generally, "how are they (meaning the patient)?" The family member mentioned several facts about the patient's condition. About 15 feet away sat a visitor visiting in the room n...
  16. Hi all - I received a text message from the manager of a unit which I floated to work the previous night. She asked if I could answer a patient care question regarding a patient on the unit I was assigned to that night. I wasn’t sure what type of in...
  17. HIPAA Question

    I have a HIPAA question that I can't seem to find an answer for so maybe you all can help. I have a student who's mother shared a medical diagnosis on social media. The incident had happened at school that day so several of us were aware of the poten...
  18. Davey Do

    A Sticky Wicket

    Last night, I got into a disagreement with my best buddy's D-I-Ls. They wanted to use copies of the armbands of deceased patients, and display them publicly, as evidence against a hospital's wrongdoing. The copies were obtained by someone in their gr...
  19. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    My hospital uses Epic (I'm fairly new to it). I have searched my name before and it flagged me. When I explained I was simply searching my name (out of boredom, and to see if I was even in Epic's system) and not actively in the chart, the problem was...
  20. Epic HIPAA violation

    Hi, I have a friend that has been found to have used epic inappropriately. She stated that she typed in names of coworkers, pulling up their facesheet, but did not open their chart. She's very frantic at this point said she doesn't know what she wa...
  21. falconersys

    Looking up patients on Facebook

    If you're already part of some of the student nursing Facebook groups, you may have seen this going around before it got dirty deleted. I wanted to get some professionals' opinions. Apparently some nursing students and RNs believe it is okay to look ...
  22. Lost job over HIPAA violation

    I was terminated from my job for a HIPAA violation. Basically I looked in the chat of a patient that a CPR was called overhead for as I worked in ICU and was up for admission so it was likely this patient would come to me. This is something I have s...
  23. POA/HIPAA violation

    I have been a nurse for 2 years now. I really love my job. I was a medical assistant for 10 years prior. My situation is recently my mom was in my hospital. I am the POA on her. I was turned in for violating HIPPA for looking in her chart and taking ...
  24. Help! Do you think this is a HIPAA violation??????

    So, I really don't want to be a tattle tell but I'm wondering if I should report this to an admissions counselor at my nursing school. This story is kind of long so stay with me... So there is this girl from high school that I know pretty well and I ...
  25. This incident happened recently, and I would like to know what you all think. It is unknown why this gentleman was in the ER at a Texas hospital other than he drove himself there one afternoon. One of the tests ordered was a BAC level. By the wa...