re: OBGYN posts on FB *D & D*

It's really dumb of her to post it on a public page. She's allowed to vent, but be wise about it.

Quoting nursemaya (10weeks):" oh yeah. I can understand why one wnats to discuss something like this. Everyone needs to vent or debrief ... [snip!] ... adds to the stress and burn out that are so often seen. It would be nice if there were more safe outlets for that sort of thing"

Why couldn't someone just start a private FB group at any particular hospital for the Drs & such to vent? I have belonged to private groups so we can talk about smurf we don't want on our pages. I can't imagine it's all that hard & it wouldn't even need to be FB, making a basic forum is easy. Without names, in a private chat, venting about life & job I would think it would be seen very differently, by everyone.

And yes - I think she should be fired. Ranting on a public space about people in that way is not professional at all & I would jump ship as a patient, immediately. She does not just represent herself, she represents the hospital she is affiliated with & if they do nothing, it will reflect very badly on them.

can't see a problem with it.

<blockquote><b>Quoting justanothamotha:</b>" Why couldn't someone just start a private FB group at any particular hospital for the Drs & such ... [snip!] ... herself, she represents the hospital she is affiliated with & if they do nothing, it will reflect very badly on them."</blockquote>




Because venting isn't allowed either. Even if the doctors and nurses are in the same department, if you are not directly involved in patient care, you are not to even know their name. Fb is not secure, even if it's a private group. Things happen and stuff is accidentally seem or leaked. It's a little stupid but this is the kind of privacy that the public demands and federal government, hospitals and lisencing bodies demand.

They should at least be warned if not fired, because they were HIGHLY unprofessional in the other posts I saw in the other thread. I only hope their friends (who are also medical professionals) also get warned or punished in some way too. Sure they didn't name names, but they insulted a woman who had a stillbirth and blamed her for it, that's really wrong and should not be acceptable. Only hope it stays public too so people know if they don't want that to happen to them to go somewhere else.

Quoting nursemaya (10weeks):" <blockquote><b>Quoting justanothamotha:</b>" Why couldn't someone just start a private ... [snip!] ... stupid but this is the kind of privacy that the public demands and federal government, hospitals and lisencing bodies demand."

Yeah but a name isn't needed to vent.....I vented about my job all the time. I never used names anyway, even though I could have because it wouldn't have meant anything to the people I was speaking to anyway. I just talked about what was upsetting in the situation. I would think if they had a private board (one like BG, but no one else could get access) they could talk about their day without needing to name WHO they are talking about in order to get the frustrations out..

Quoting justanothamotha:" Yeah but a name isn't needed to vent.....I vented about my job all the time. I never used names anyway, ... [snip!] ... they could talk about their day without needing to name WHO they are talking about in order to get the frustrations out.."

first off even without using names, it violates HIPPA and secondly facebook and other such groups are not really that private and can be more easily accessed then one would think. I've seen it happen in due date groups that were private and secret and that information was not really very earth shattering. Once its on the internet it can be taken back. If a nurse discussing a patient in the break room with another nurse not directly associated with the patient's care is a violation (which it technically is) then talking about it to "friends" on the internet (names used or not) is a violation as well. sadly these rules are very hard on medical professionals and leaves no room for venting in any way shape or form. It is thought that they should be above that. Things is that leads to burn out and frustration. People wonder why some medical professionals are cranky. Well right here is your answer. When one can't vent about difficult situations whether it's at work or at home, it leads to lots of internal conflict and it often comes out as frustration and bitchiness.

She has also spoken about this woman having a still birth before I've read.

I don't think she should be fired. She should be given a warning and if it happens again then she should be.