Quoth Kaycichu
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Your dad might have come on strong, but he's right. I know of two cases where nursing students were EXPELLED from their program based on what they posted on Facebook. They got back in after getting lawyers (the schools had very poor electronic device policies), but the damage could have been avoided with a little discretion.
Last week, three of my students posted a picture on Facebook bragging about having starting an IV on a boyfriend; the pic showed the needle in his arm with the tourniquet still on.
There were a lot of problems with this: aside from lack of informed consent, actions out of scope of practice (this kind of thing must be supervised in a controlled setting) there was the fact the equipment in their lab kits were not sterile, creating a risk for infection.
And it just plain looks bad. One of the big hospital organizations here demands your password to your Facebook account. If you don't give it up to them, they red flag your application and you can bank on not getting the job. I emailed the students and told them to delete the picture, and why in great detail. They complied. Thank god. Because MY school HAS a very good policy on electronic devices and social media that was written specifically with this kind of thing in mind after I read about the incidents with the other nursing students at the other schools.
I have a Facebook account, but I hardly use it, mostly to keep up with my former students and give them kudos when things go well for them. Facebook is like crack cocaine: sooner or later you get addicted, the withdrawal is a bitch, and it's hell on the body.
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