In 2011, a registered nurse was fired for using her cell phone to post comments to a social networking site while she was performing patient care (Stakowski). The temptation, I dare say, borderline addiction, people fall victim to not only may wreck a career but will in turn be devastating to family life at home also. Currently, you will seldom come across people that do not engage in some type of social media on a regular basis. Social media seems to be as important as breathing to people in our culture. The problem with twenty-four-seven social media is that it will more than likely carry over into the workplace. Nurses are not exempt from the norm of social media. Also, social media can often feel like a popularity contest. Who can get the …show more content…
With millions of people every day utilizing social media, users should keep in mind to be very careful with the types of information they put out there for people to see. Nurses need to be made aware of the responsibility they must take to be even more attentive and smart about what goes on Facebook and what does not. He or she must re-think and contemplate if the post they are about to make will have consequences for themselves or the person they are posting about. With laws such as, HIPPA, being complaint driven, nurses must not only think about what will be entertaining, say a photo of a child with a gummy bear stuck up their nose, but think about the effects it may have if the picture gets around to the family, embarrasses them and they, in turn, make the decision to sue (Amy L Hader). Also, healthcare professionals should be sure to go to a private area to discuss patient’s conditions, diagnosis, treatments. The author also states that privacy rules go beyond the hospital, in fact, you may break one of the rules by innocently talking with a friend or loved one outside of the appropriate realm of discussions. In one case out of Wisconsin, two nurses are under investigation by the FBI for federal violations because pictures of a patient’s personal indiscretions were posted on the nurses Facebook page and then further discussed (Hader). In another case, according to the AANA a nurse and an orderly were caught talking about a current patient’s HIV/AIDS condition in a place within earshot of another patient’s room, and as a result, both were put on leave and left with permanent derogatory marks on the nurse’s work records. In addition to the effects, it leaves on the patients, nurses breaching HIPPA laws can be devastating to their career and personal life. Evan D Brown states in the ANAA Journal, that there can be fines up to fifty thousand dollars and/or one year
Employees within healthcare and anyone who has been a mature patient in recent years have been duly informed of the Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act (HIPPA), but even more people are more intimately familiar with the social networking site Facebook. Prior to researching the legal and ethical boundaries at it pertains to patient confidentiality in nursing school, many of us thought little of the HIPPA concept and how it applies to each of us as individuals. We can announce to the world on Facebook that I have a lump, please go get a mammogram! We can whine on for ages about our children’s medical problems. We make announcements and call for prayers for our spouses and parents who are ill. We share with our friends and family, sometimes things we should not share. This is not about Facebook; its essence is respecting others privacy and refusing to participate in activity that may divulge private medical information about anyone. Crossing that line, making clear the intent to become a part of the health care sector, changes your responsibility toward identifying information regarding a person other than yourself, and that information dies with you or there can be harsh consequences.
Each nurse has a duty to protect the patient as well as their right to privacy and confidentiality (ANA, 2011). Each nurse should advocate for an environment that provides sufficient physical activity, including privacy for discussions of a personal nature (ANA, 2011). It is a nurse’s responsibility to maintain confidentiality of all patient information. If this standard is not maintained, the patient’s well- being could be jeopardized. The patient’s rights, well-being, and safety should be the primary factors concerning information received orally, written, and electronically (ANA, 2011). It is the nurse’s responsibility to be...
There were tons of incidents where employees were fired for social media use. I found some incidents related to privacy issues in hospitals. In one case at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, the 60-year-old man had been stabbed more than a dozen times by his nursing home resident in which his throat ripped so brutally, he was almost decapitated. Instead of focusing on saving him, St. Mary nurses and other hospital staff snapped photos of the dying man and posted them on Facebook. As a result of this unacceptable action, four staff members were fired, and three discipline. In another case at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, five nurses were fired after hospital managers found out they had been discussing patients on Facebook. In addition,
The use of Social Media in the workplace is counter-productive. There are many reasons why this is so. The workplace is the place where you should be working, not checking on what Aunt Ethell had for dinner last night or whether your friends posted that embarrassing weekend photo. Most workplaces have plenty of distractions on their own without adding the extra time-wasting properties of Social Media. There is also the argument that what you post on Social Media can affect the way you are perceived at work. If your habits are less than savoury and your colleagues have access to the proof, you could find yourself without a job at all. It is easy to "slip up" and say things online that you may not have intended to be in the public domain. Internet
Social media is affecting all spheres of life and no profession is left untouched by the impact of social media and nursing profession is no exception. Nobody can deny the benefits of social media for the profession of nursing yet its disadvantages for the registered nurses and student nurses during clinical practice cannot be ignored. “Social media can be defined as the constellation of internet-based tools that help a user to connect, collaborate, and communicate with others in real time” (Ressler & Glazer, 2010). Social media is growing at a very rapid rate and is now the mainstream communication method for most of the global population (http://www.internetworldstats.com/facebook.htm). It has brought a tremendous revolution in communication and disseminating information to nurses round the world.
“The rapid growth and accessibility of social networking websites has fundamentally changed the way people manage information about their personal and professional lives” (Garner & O'Sullivan, 2010 p.113). Even when primarily used for personal or entertainment reasons, nurses need to be mindful that when using social media others (such as employers or patients) may use it to make judgments of a professional
Nursing may be seen as very independent work even though there will be situations that will require others. Friendships may be formed; however, to have professional interactions is something that is not always followed. In terms of patient confidentiality, we may not realize that a HIPPA violation has occurred due to friendly conversation with coworkers. If a patient were to overhear their nurse discussing their information in an unprofessional manner then it may cause issues with a patient’s dignity and their rights. If a patient’s right is violated then it can lead to a patient’s mistrust in their caregiver, leading to mistrust in the facilities, and can end with a patient’s health being compromised. The patient is the reason for this career; if the needs of the patient are being unmet or violated then the purpose of our occupation will be unsuccessful and
I think all social media outlets can really be a good thing if they are used wisely but they can also be the cause of much trouble when used foolishly. Facebook posts have cost public safety personal a lot of jobs in the last few years. We can spend some more time talking about Facebook later. For now, I want to speak about those other social media outlets that have caused employees that I know to get in hot water. I know of three that have really caused more than a few public safety, personal a few days without pay. They are Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. It amazes me how many adults think and tell you when interviewing them after an incident that they did not relive or know that when you hit the delete button that what they had just hit send is not really deleted. Just because you take a photo of yourself doing something stupid or one with your patient and think that it will be gone when the Snapchat post disappears… it does
Having a social media account in today 's society is part of the norm and while many people are getting jobs at a younger age, having a social media account while working is very common. There are many types of social media accounts ranging from posting just pictures, sharing recipes, and telling everyone what you 're currently doing. As employees post on their behalf, many employers are getting upset about the post contain. The employer could put the employee liable of the post on probation or the employee could get terminated. Many employees argue that their social life "outside" of the job should not reflect on them on who they are on the job. Other employees may state that just because they work in a professional job setting, should not
To begin with, social media has been proven to be a dangerous addiction due to the many negative side effects like: sleep deprivation, and self-esteem problems. Most of the adult American population is connected to some sort of social media site, and they have joined the banned wagon of people whom check their social media accounts at least five times a day. Using social media to often can be time consuming and essentially causes sleep deprivation because the user stays up late on social media. Since social media has grown in popularity many have began to believe that social media is a life necessity. It is viewed by many as a daily necessity like brushing our teeth, or yet as important as eating. People whom are constantly on social media have been linked to develop self-esteem problems because they are so consumed on pretending and portraying this image of a person they are not. Social media has became such an addiction that many people wake up and the first thing they do is...
Social media has become an extremely powerful and useful tool that enables people in a modern society to effortlessly interact and socialize with each other via the internet; however, there is an extremely dark and little known side of social media: addiction. Social media has the potential to become extremely addictive to its users. The addictive nature of social media may intensely interfere with users daily obligations in the real world, which may make a recovery process necessary in order to quell the powerful addiction.
These days’ social media is used widely among Americans. As many as seventy-four percent currently use some form of it, with the majority using Facebook. While most use these sites to catch up with friends and family, there are some who use it to commit crimes on those who over share. Everyday companies are hacked, homes are burglarized, and people bullied because of the status comments left for the public to see.
Technology has greatly improved since the first computer was created. There are new cell phones that can connect to the internet and have access to different apps. Computers have evolved the idea of social media from simple chat rooms to websites like Facebook or Twitter which allow someone to connect people to the world wide web. With all of these new trends, people begin to craze over the new inventions or creations in masses. People now just have to press a button and update their status or add a new picture. People who use social media sites like Facebook and Twitter show signs of addiction.
Social media has nothing but negative effects on people’s minds. Social networking can become very addicting and people can get wrapped up in the drama and excitement of the cyber world. It would only improve our society today if social media never existed to our knowledge. Our society today feels so connected with social media that it interferes with our lives making every task even harder with the temptations.
There are about one and a half billion users of social media worldwide. It can be used to meet new people, find old friends, chat the day away, join interest groups, or even to share pictures. Social networks were mostly created so people could meet and find new friends. What most users of social media don't know, are the dangers of using social media. One example is when you meet a person online, because they are not always who they say they are. If someone is not who you may think they are, who could they be? They can be a stalker or a person that wants to steal your identity; which could be done easily thanks to new developments of new technology. Also thanks to new technology it is now easier for people using your information to track you. Posting personal information can risk your family and friends lives. Social media can be used as a weapon against you. It can even lead to a kidnapping, or even someone's death. Many people use social media to help to waste time, but could also become an unhealthy addiction. Also social media can damage your future. When you are a teen you tend to post pretty much anything you want. This is dangerous because you can post too much personal information. What most teens don't realize is that what they do on social media now can affect them for the rest of their life. It can even come back to haunt you in the future. Social media is dangerous because it makes it easier to be stalked, identity theft to happen, kidnappings and murders, and also can ruin your future.