Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

[RN403]

Of the nurses I know, some have their place of employment on their FB page and some do not.

I am just curious to see if you post your place of employment on your FB page and your reasoning behind your decision.

I'll start:

As a new grad, on the hunt for a job, I was originally thinking that the minute I finally become employed I am going to shout it to the world (meaning put it on FB). But then I got to thinking...is this really a good idea?

I have previously worked in healthcare (non-nursing) and even then I was hesitant about posting my place of employment on FB. I mean I did, but, this time feels different. I do not plan to post my future places of employment on FB.

I previously did not realize that anyone can find you (including patients) just by typing in your place of employment!

I have seen (I believe here on AN--maybe not--not sure) a story where a patient's family member/friend has attempted to friend the nurse on FB hoping to gain information about a patient.

Just seems a little risky IMO...

But I'm curious to hear others opinions and reasoning!

[RN403, BSN, RN]

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts from both sides! :) Everyone has made great points on both ends of the spectrum. Great tips as well!

[rnsrgr8t]

I do not have my place of employment or where I live on my Facebook page. I do have that I am a PNP. I do not like my work's Facebook page either. I work with kids so every once in awhile I will post about something cute one of my patients did (like sing "let it go" to my whole clinic) that kind of thing but that is it. I never post anything anyways that people I work with shouldn't see but I just like to keep them separate. I am friends with only one of my coworkers on FB but I am friends with her outside of work.

[LL143KnB, BSN, RN]

Big fat NO. I don't even have my last name on there.

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Facebook's still around? Isn't that like so 21st century?

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Of course not. Anything I say can and will be used against me

[Palliative Care, DNP]

No do not list your place of employment and do not "Friend" co-workers. That stuff can come bite you in the butt.

[RN403, BSN, RN]

Big fat NO. I don't even have my last name on there.

I agree, I have never put my last name on FB and never will.

[ixchel]

I have where I work on my Facebook, but my settings on absolutely everything are set to private. I also don't use my face on my profile/cover photos, or my real name. My spouse has a dangerous job (dangerous because of the people her is around) so I locked my profile down years ago and will keep it that way.

[ixchel]

I did not realize that if you 'like' a page then they can see your posts! Good to know. I agree though, it's better to keep things private. Gotta love that customize feature!

I'm pretty sure they can't see your posts that are set to "friends". I'm going to test this out, but I'm 99% certain liking a page doesn't give the page owner/admins access to private stuff.

ETA: I just peeked and I can't even see who has liked my page if they aren't on my friend list.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

My Facebook profile has my name, hometown, and current city of residence. That's it.

None of my former or current employers are listed. None of my former or current schools are listed. Since I work at a corporation that owns a national chain of hospitals, I prefer the privacy because they have PR folks at the corporate headquarters who regularly search the internet for any mentions of the company name.

[musingmom]

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[RN403, BSN, RN]

I'm pretty sure they can't see your posts that are set to "friends". I'm going to test this out, but I'm 99% certain liking a page doesn't give the page owner/admins access to private stuff.

ETA: I just peeked and I can't even see who has liked my page if they aren't on my friend list.

Thanks for looking into it! I am glad to hear that a page cannot access your posts just because you 'liked' them.