What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania.
I am a travel nurse employed in a PA Hospital. I work through a national agency whose local office is in NY.
I called in Ill reporting to the charge RN that I had suffered a Blood clot in my leg earlier that week and was given a return to work date of Sept 7.
I missed one day and returned to work the day following calling in.
That night I was seen in the Emergency Room where I was employed for complications of the blood clot. While in the ER being seen, I received a cell call from my NY employment agency stating that they had heard a rumor that I was ill with a blood clot in the leg.
After discharge I took my Return to work papers to the nurse manager. I asked her how my Agency found out this information. She stated that she told the nurse recruiter this and she called them.
I confirmed this with my Agency. Stating they received the call the day I called in ill rather than the day that I was seen In their ER. I complained to administration that the information regarding my blood clot should have stopped at the nurse manager.
I feel that they should not have told my agency as that was my responsibility not theirs and therefore a HIPPA violation.
I received a phone call from my agency later that afternoon stating that the Hospital had fired me.
I am a travel nurse employed in a PA Hospital. I work through a national agency whose local office is in NY.
I called in Ill reporting to the charge RN that I had suffered a Blood clot in my leg earlier that week and was given a return to work date of Sept 7.
I missed one day and returned to work the day following calling in.
That night I was seen in the Emergency Room where I was employed for complications of the blood clot. While in the ER being seen, I received a cell call from my NY employment agency stating that they had heard a rumor that I was ill with a blood clot in the leg.
After discharge I took my Return to work papers to the nurse manager. I asked her how my Agency found out this information. She stated that she told the nurse recruiter this and she called them.
I confirmed this with my Agency. Stating they received the call the day I called in ill rather than the day that I was seen In their ER. I complained to administration that the information regarding my blood clot should have stopped at the nurse manager.
I feel that they should not have told my agency as that was my responsibility not theirs and therefore a HIPPA violation.
I received a phone call from my agency later that afternoon stating that the Hospital had fired me.
