Question:
discuss an ethical issue that you encountered in your practice area and explain how you addressed this issue. please do not provide the name of the agency or any other identifying information. you are facebook friends with one of the nurses that work on your unit and you notice that she discusses patients’ situations on facebook, although she does not use their names. as a nursing leader on this unit discuss ways that you would address this issue.
Solution:
Addressing The Issue of Disclosing Patient’s Information on Social Media
Social media is becoming an increasingly effective, wide-ranging tool for nurses. However, as nurses navigate social networking sites, chat rooms, blogs and public forums, there is a dangerously thin line between professional and personal online etiquette (Denecke et al., 2015). As a result, several ethical issues trespassing patient confidentiality and privacy have been reported.
In the recent past, I have realized that one of my fellow nurse like to discuss the patients on her Facebook page and often make jokes out of it. Even though she does not reveal the individual names, the residents had no knowledge of a staff member
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