Social Media and Nursing Profession HW

Review your state’s mandated reporter statute. Provide details about this in your post. If faced with a mandated reporter issue, what are the steps in reporting the issue? Create a mandated reporter scenario and post it. Respond to one of your peer’s scenarios using the guidelines for submission/reporting in your state. Be sure to include a reference to your state’s website related to mandated reporting.

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My Posts that Might be Considered Inappropriate Based on the Professional Standards of

Nursing

Patient privacy and confidentiality is a fundamental ethical and legal obligation of nurses.

Nurses must observe confidentiality and patient privacy at all times, and especially on online

platforms. As a nursing student, I had shared individually patient information on Facebook.

Although I did not post his name or image on the timeline, the communication did not protect

that person’s identity. I have also used social media to express my feelings. I once used social

media to describe my patient’s condition, which I think is not appropriate according to the

nursing profession. I have also witnessed other students disclosing their patients’ condition

online, including information on the health facility in which they work. Nurses who interact with

a patient in any media platform should observe ethically patient-nurse professional boundaries.

Before posting anything online, nurses and nursing students should evaluate all their

communication with the view that a colleague, patient, employer, or an educational institution

could potentially view those conversations (Jackson et al., 2014).

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Why Nurses have a Responsibility to uphold a Standard in their Personal Lives

Nurses have a responsibility and duty to remain professional at the workplace. Patients

seek treatment for the benefit of their health; the nurses have the right to keep their information

private. There is a right to autonomy for all people; as nurses, we should respect the individual’s

rights. Online behavior and content can enhance or undermine the individual nurse’s career and

the nursing profession. Nurses should observe conduct that aligns with standards governing the

nursing profession as their communication can threaten the patient’s health, the right to privacy

concerning health information and their welfare. The online conduct of nurses may raise legal

concerns or be professionally unethical (Edge, 2017). Nursing elements involve different

vulnerable moments, forcing patients to entrust their lives and dignity to another person. As

such, there is an obligation to observe the governing standards. For example, a nurse who comes

across their patient’s medical information should not devolve this information to a third party.

How personal conduct can violate HIPAA or be considered unethical or unprofessional

The nature of how people use social media can cross the boundaries of appropriate use.

Personal conduct can interfere significantly with HIPPA . Social media has much influence on the

way people seek to express themselves; the right to disclose public opinion has distorted people’s

view of what entails private individuals. For example, people use social media to impose social

viewpoints or argumentative behaviors (Edge, 2017). These passionate views of expression can