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Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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  1. What did, or will you do, with your FB account upon being accepted?!

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      Kept it! And I can responsibly use it without interfering in my studies.
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      Kept it! And wish I did not because it affects/ed my studies.
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      Canceled my account while in school with the fear of it affecting my studies.
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      Canceled my account for "social media" rules at school or clinicals.
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      Other...

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I have read a few nursing students say that they have or will be deleting their Facebook pages. I was just curious to see what YOU did...

I would not say I am "addicted" to FB but I do use it to pass time when I am in line at the grocery store or before I go to bed. I am also a known procrastinator and I can get caught up on television shows and other activities, including FB. I just want to hear your opinion or experience with it.

I have thought about deleting mine upon starting the actual nursing program (which I am waiting for the acceptance/denial letter). But my entire family lives in Michigan and I am in Georgia and that is a way I keep in touch with many of them... so that is what makes it a tough decision. I have even thought about having my husband change my password and only allowing me on at certain times, just to keep the temptation away.

What do you think? :confused:

Specializes in Emergency.

Wow. I am not a student, but i do think that you should be able to manage time on FB and study time without an issue.

If time management is such a problem for you, you will find something other than FB to distract you, so I'd try to learn some time management skills if you really think this is going to be an issue!

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I've never had a facebook, twitter, and am very very happy about it.

But I did have Myspace back in the day and so I know how addicting it can get. Everytime I'm at school I see almost everybody checking Facebook on their laptop whatever, pretty sad.

If you don't have self control, then delete it. Obtain people's phone numbers, never look back. Don't be so dependent on stupid things that don't matter in life. Unless it's relevant to something that actually benefit your life. which doesn't include spending time looking at statuses and pictures of attention hoes or your crush.

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Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.

One dosent necessarily have to delete FB but very recently, in fact last last week, I deleted all my pics, posts and everything, even my profile pic.

To be safe with facebook do the following

1. VERY IMPORTANT Check your privacy settings. Most people keep the default settings and many do not know anyone can just google their name and pull up their FB page. I have some setting for friends only, some for friends of friends some for me only.

2. Lock persons from posting to your wall unless you can approve it first.

3. Delete posts on a regular basis...DON'T keep a TIMELINE (I try to clear everything every 3-6months) maybe more frequently.

4. Don't give your friends and familys page to fellow students or coworkers...just make up another fake page and keep work/school related stuff on separate profiles.

5. if time is the problem aka addiction, just time your self with an alarm and stop at the allotted time.

I haven't done step 4 yet but I am VERY cautious with who I allow to say things on my page, that could come back to bite you in the rear, I even block my wife. I dont to step 5 cause I never spend a lot of time on facebook anyways...Most of my time is online is @ allnurses.com :rotfl:lol

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Admittedly most of my online time is spent on gaming and language learning (my second passion).

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Thank you to everyone who has answered my question. I was expecting more people say they cancelled their accounts, just because I have seen so many posters say they did it. Hmmm... maybe I just noticed it more because it stood out...

I also want to thank everyone who gave me some good time management tips. I will definitely be putting those to use.

Please continue to add anything, because I am sure I am not the only person with this question. I KNOW there is people out there who have "addictions" to sites like FB. :nono:

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Specializes in CVICU, CCRN.

I would find it silly of someone to delete their social media accounts because of nursing school. If you trust yourself enough to be administering life saving/life threatening medications and treatments, dont you think you should also be able to trust yourself to be responsible on your facebook?

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I would find it silly of someone to delete their social media accounts because of nursing school. If you trust yourself enough to be administering life saving/life threatening medications and treatments, dont you think you should also be able to trust yourself to be responsible on your facebook?

Ummm... I'm not saying I am irresponsible. I said before that I'm not one of those people who neglect to bathe or feed their children because they are playing on Farmville or something. I was simply stating that sometimes I have gotten carried away talking to friends and family and before I know it an hour has gone by. I also have a tendency to turn stress into reorganizing my closet or bathroom, or cleaning, or watching television.

I was simply asking what others have done, because I have seen many other posters on this website say they deactivated their accounts due to procrastinating or fear of saying something they shouldn't (which in todays world you can like another page and the whole world hates you).

I don't think wanting or thinking about deleting your FB page will make me a bad nurse! If you've read other posters on here said they never even started one because of keeping their private lives private (which makes a lot of sense, considering I deleted my MySpace 3 years ago and it is STILL up!).

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