Nurse Reveals Patients MyChart on Social Media

Little Rock, Arkansas nurse Amber Nelson had been caring for a patient she had previously known when, for some reason, she chose to reveal the patient’s MyChart on the social medium, Snapchat.

There are all kinds of misinformation out there about this case, including the patient whose confidential information was disclosed. I’m not sure exactly when this happened and there is a little information about the event.

Regardless, nurses on TikTok are outraged! This was a blatant disclosure in violation of privacy laws and HIPAA.

I researched this nurse at nursys.com and was able to find there was a nurse named Amber Nelson in Arkansas, but her license expired in 2021. So, I’m not sure if this is the specific nurse or not, but there was no discipline taken against her if this was the accused nurse.

It’s hard to tell what’s true and what’s not true but the point is that you should never disclose confidential patient information no matter what! Anything you say and do when it is posted on social media is not yours. It is not your platform, and you do not own it.

And even if you try to remove it later, once it’s been publicly noted, it is too late. Attorneys can subpoena any information even if it is removed.

You work too hard for your license, so protect it as if it was the most valuable item in the world to you because, in all likelihood, it is.

I have always said you can get another job, but you can’t get another license.

When you are upset, take time to cool down and never go to social media to air your bitterness. Once you make that kind of mistake in haste, you will have the rest of your career to regret it.