about blogging

Blogging is harder than I thought. I found this blog that explains about stuff you need to know like linking, blogroll,wikis etc using simple fun videos:www.commoncraft.com/blog. Go to my favorites and click on the link. Very interesting. I dont know how to link yet from my blog post so bear with me and click from my "favorites list"-on the left.

privacy in nursing

I knew this would be a difficult concept for us because in our country we tend to talk about everything, usually with no malice. Here in the USA, health info is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996(HIPAA). Basically it means dont talk about your patients! Ill try to give you an idea. Remember when you enter the elevator and you say to your coworker, "I had a hard time taking care of Ms X because she was cursing and shouting at me when I gave her insulin." You cant do that here, because you would be divulging her medical information. Another example, if you fax a patient's lab results and it was transmitted into an office and people were able to read them who were not the intended recipient, you may also be violating the HIPAA rule. You may be fined or be imposed more serious penalties. Im not saying this to scare you, but just to let you know that some things are done differently here. We still share info especially to the team taking care of the patient, but we are always aware of the patient' s rights to privacy. Another example is a relative asking about the diagnosis of a patient. Be sure he is allowed by law to know the info he is asking for, as it is not automatic, as in the Philippines. Especially with some sensitive information like HIV.
So if you come here and some hospitals dont even have a list of patients displayed on the floor, it may be because of HIPAA. For more info you may visit the ff: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacysummary.pdf

There are lots of places to visit during off duty days

Still trying to practice uploading pictures. Times Square?

pics

Cool car in car show 2007.

time out

I was going to write about HIPAA or the law about privacy of information but I went to New York with some friends from Indiana and Makati. We went to see the Barnum and Bailey Circus show in Madison Square Garden. It was treat from them . Dapat yata kami ang nagtreat pero they insisted. It was cool, especially the elephants and the
trapeze. I ll be posting pictures here shortly. Please bear with me as I need to wait for my husband, who will teach me how to post them. Anyway, my kids really enjoyed the show. I enjoyed also the Broadway play I saw, Les Miserable, with Lea Salonga playing the role of the mother of Eponine. Also there will be pictures of Times Square in New York.