[nationalvelvet]

My neighbour works for the Juvenille Justice system and was asking me the other day If I knew this lady that attended my school.
She went on to say that her son was in trouble and, after speaking with her, she learnt she went to the same school as me(high school)

I do know her but now I know that she has a son in trouble. I haven't seen her since school so I didn't know she had a child.
I was a bit taken back that my neighbour would ask me
She didn''t speak about the case and I didn't ask any questions

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This post has been edited by lindenen: 11/12/2012, 02:10 PM

[amabanana]

Not cool.

[SeaPrincess]

VERY unprofessional. I would probably contact her employer.

Edited after OP edited. Maybe I would discuss it with her - explain that even though you don't have any details, now you are in a difficult situation of knowing something that you really shouldn't.

Or back to the original contact the employer, explain that you have no details of the actual situation, but the conversation has made you feel uncomfortable because you know something about a family at your school that is not common knowledge and you think she shouldn't be discussing it at all outside of work.

This post has been edited by SeaPrincess: 11/12/2012, 02:13 PM

[Cranky Old Woman]

EXTREMELY unprofessional and I would report her as well. I wonder how many other clients have had their privacy breached?

[Excentrique]

You don't know the woman currently so I don't think its as relevant that you received that information when you should not have.

[nationalvelvet]

It has been over 25 years or so since I saw her so I don't know anything about her life.
AS previous poster said, it's irrelevant information. I am just wary of my neighbour now wondering why she would have to divulge it to me. I will keep my distance from her.

[Tigerdog]

You don't know the woman currently so I don't think its as relevant that you received that information when you should not have.

Of course it's relevant - the employee is sharing stuff she shouldn't, even if the family concerned were complete strangers to the OP, it's totally unethical and a very serious thing to breach privacy like that!

This post has been edited by Tigerdog: 11/12/2012, 02:30 PM

[Sail to the Moon]

Yes that was very unprofessional. I wouldn't ring her employer, but if she brought it up again or shared any more information just let her know that would rather not talk about this lady's son.

[Glorious]

Really unprofessional, and most likely going against her works policies, it seems a pretty assy thing to do, what was she trying to gain by this line of questioning? my impression is that she was trying to encourage you to gossip about the mother, and perhaps get some further information about the mother that could be damning to her child's case, that or hoping you would be pleased that this old acquaintance is struggling with her child..... not cool.

[wesse]

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You don't know the woman currently so I don't think its as relevant that you received that information when you should not have.

I see from your signiture you are a nursing student. Please make sure you read the Code of conduct for your area health service prior to commencing work as a new graduate registered nurse, you may find the information helpful and pertinent to patient/client confidentiality.

ETA sorry I didn't answer the question - yes it is extremely unprofessional! I'm not sure what I would do in your situation though, probably keep the information quiet. Your friend probably has enough to worry about without knowing rumors are being spread about her son

This post has been edited by wesse: 11/12/2012, 03:22 PM