suspendedRN
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I am in RN in the state of Michigan and was called into HR yesterday regarding HIPPA and Standard of Conduct. My employer had printed "Walls" from various co-workers of mine showing comments we made about a fellow RN. They obviously wouldn't say how they got this information, however, I have my facebook settings set so only "friends" can see my profile and most of my "friends" can't even see my wall posts or status updates or much of anything for that matter, as I have the highest security settings for most of my "friends". The profile they had printed from me had no wall post on it but the profiles from the others involved in this had wall posts. This means to me that HR or my manager got someone who was our "friend" to give them their ID and password to logg in or this "friend" printed out all the stacks of walls and profiles HR had. Is it legal for an employer to do this? We all had our settings at "friends only" so it was not for "everyone". I find it hard to believe they can do this. Also, would it really be lateral violence if we are making these comments about the coworker at home and not at work? They also tried to say it I violated HIPPA by saying "Thanks for your help with 55" REALLY? Thanks for any advice you can give, I really feel that I am going to be fired over this and have been told I should get a lawyer.