I am a nursing student in a State Nursing Program in North Dakota. I was working independently on my own time and place of employment, not associated with the school when the clinical instructor of this program who was on site with another student overheard in nurse's report information pertaining to patient care by me (applying a topical ICY HOT ointment, directed by the charge nurse on duty) and this instructor has used this information to have me expelled from the Nursing Program. This information came to me yesterday, 1 day before my designated graduation day (May 15, 2009).
This is mandated in the HIPPA rules of patient rights and a direct violation of the privacy law - against me. Does anyone know more about this, I have been determined "unsafe" by the Nursing Program with the above stated offense and denied graduation.
Can anyone help?

I don't understand the HIPAA (not HIPPA) violation which you are describing. HIPAA involves the release of patient information to third parties. I don't see that here.

What am I missing?

(Should be its own thread)

So the question is, whether the person can show the experience as A+B Months or just A number of Months , please clarify as per rule & law.Hello soco:

There are no rules or laws that govern how experience is measured. Any company can measure experience how ever they want.

B: You should have started your own thread. It ain't fair to soco that you co-opted his thread.

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