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SOCIAL MEDIA DON’Ts

Posting patient information. Recently five California nurses were fired after allegedly discussing patients on Facebook. The nurses, who worked at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., lost their jobs after an internal investigation and three weeks of administrative leave. You may ask, Why can’t I post anonymous images online? They do that all the time at conferences and lectures. Bottom line: Social media is not the right place for releasing patient information. Period. Posting images of patients (even anonymously) or any other information regarding the people you care for—people who trust you with their lives in their most vulnerable moments—is a big no-no.

Source: scrubsmag.com/to-post-or-not-to-post/14/