Last minute having to bring kid to work
I’m hesitant to post about this because I don’t want someone to find the creator and send hate their way but… I just came across a video on Tik tok of a doctor talking about how residency and being a mother at the same time is really not compatible.
She told a story about she when she was a senior resident after a shift she was call back in to assess a patient (a mom and baby) At the time she was on her way to pick up her one year old from daycare but said yes to coming back in for this one patient. She picks up her kid and brings them with her. Daycare is closing for the day so it’s not option to leave him there for another hour or so. Husband is out of town too.
She gets back to the hospital and brings her one year old into the room with the patient! She claims that she asked the patient if that was ok and the patient said she that’s absolutely fine. She assess the patient while she has her baby on her hip.
She then explains that the hospital has a website portal where patients, hospital staff. Etc. can report things anonymously. Someone reported this as a HIPAA violation and she didn’t really get in trouble but was told not to do it again.
I’m posting about this on here because on the comments and the creator seems to think that it’s stupid that she was reported for this. While I don’t think it’s a hipaa violation, am I crazy to think that this was absolutely inappropriate for her to do? All the comments were saying how sorry they were for her and how her coworkers should have had her back. I dont work in the healthcare industry so maybe this is normal and acceptable?? But if I was a patient and a doctor or nurse came in with their kid I would be like wtf and I would probably also be reporting them or asking for a different doctor.
Curious on what everyone thinks about this, especially those of you who work in healthcare.