Facebook and employers/school

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So I was wondering if you delete your Facebook can employers or schools still be able to see it? I know they have their own system. Is it ok to have a personal Facebook while in nursing school or is that unprofessional ?

thanks !!

My advice is not to post any pictures that are not rated G and nothing that could lead people to think you would be involved in parties , drinking, drugs and such.

Plus do not post on FB or any other place anything about work. Not even stuff like "had a rough day". Don't take pics at work and post them on FB either.

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Specializes in Unit Nurse.
Also with Instagram , is it bad to have pictures of you drinking ?

Because it's my Instagram and I can do what I want with it

A drinker with a bad attitude. Is the impression I get of you from this social media outlet = Do Not Hire List

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Specializes in Oncology, Rehab, Public Health, Med Surg.
Because it's my Instagram and I can do what I want with it

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, educator.

This is what I told my kids....nothing on the World Wide Web is private. You may think it is, but it's not. My one daughter is in a high profile marching band and they had to pretty much swear they would not post pictures with alcohol, mention alcohol or post anything that can reflect back to the university. Pictures with friends, places, cute photos, great, but sloppy drunk, bad clothing choices, etc, not so much.

And if you say, call in, then someone posts a pic of you at a ballgame, party, etc and it gets back to management, they may fire you. Also many places of employment have a policy in social media as do many schools. Make sure you know it.

So, make wise choices.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

My facebook account contains 35 friends and many of them live in different cities. This is a cheap, effective means of keeping in touch.

However, notice that I have 35 friends, not 300. I know every single person in real life. I also rarely friend co-workers, and my settings are private.

Do not post anything that you need to question. It's not worth it.

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Specializes in PACU.

I have a friend that works in Human Resources, she says they routinely look up a candidates Facebook and other social media accounts if they are thinking of making an offer. One time they found the person they interviewed went onto Facebook and disparaged all the people and the facility she had interviewed with... another talked about how she would only be there for a month or two until she got her dream job.... My friend didn't hire either one. So watch what you post and your privacy settings. it's good advice not just for nurses or nursing students, but for everyone.

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Specializes in Flight Nursing, Emergency, Forensics, SANE, Trauma.
Because it's my Instagram and I can do what I want with it

You asked us our opinion. Yes -- do what you want. But why would you really want people to assume things about you? Despite the adage, people do judge books by their covers. If you want to "do what you want with it", lock that shizz down TIGHT because you will be judged if someone decides to look you up.

Honestly, better off just making your Facebook your first name and use a nickname as your last because your employer may Google your full name. While you're at it, just post things that won't make you ashamed five years later.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Nothing on the internet is private. IP addresses can and are traceable. VPNs can and are traceable. Witness computer crimes, child Media computer crimes.

Don't ever post anything anywhere at anytime that you would not the world to read.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Forgive me if someone else has already mentioned this, but it isn't unprecedented for a nurse or teacher to lose her job (or a nurse to be kicked out of nursing school) because of pictures posted on social media sites, including both FB and Instagram. One of the things about choosing this line of work is it has a morality clause embedded into it.

If your school or employer see pictures of you behaving in a way that may seem morally objectionable (which is a highly subjective), the school can kick you out, an employer can fire you, and the board can reprimand you, or worse.

No, you do not need to delete these accounts in general. If you do, I doubt that your school or employer will be able to access them. That does not mean pictures you've posted aren't floating around somewhere else, but with no accounts linked directly to you, it's less likely they will find something if they're looking for your direct accounts.

If I were you, I'd delete any questionable pictures and put the accounts on the most private settings possible. They are your accounts and if you want to keep them, do it. Don't post anything you wouldn't want your grandma to see.

If you're concerned about what is floating around out there, do a Goggle search with your name. See if there is anything compromising, and if so, do whatever you can to get it removed. Employers DO check out potential employees using internet searches and looking at social media.

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Why would you do that regardless? Sure, post happy pics of you socializing with your friends, but do realize that these kinds of photos (drinking photos) can lead to a whole array of subjective interpretations, none of which might actually be accurate.

Okay at to make things clear I accidentally didn't hit the 'quote' button when replying. This was who that 'it's my Instagram I can do what I want' was for. This post came off rude so that was my reply. I know there are consequences to what I post. I'm not stupid I know what's on the internet is there forever. I was kind of talking about the deletion of accounts as I posted immature stuff when I was younger. I've had my account ta since I was 16. We all make mistakes and now I'm trying to fix what I've done. Sorry if I sounded like a brat to everyone.

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I'm a student that just got into nursing school and since I've deleted my old Facebook and started a new one. Also I've cleaned up my Instagram. Nothing I had was terrible I just had some mistakes because I've had my account since I was 15-16 and I'm now 23. I'm worried about my deleted accounts and pictures coming back up through some database they might have that shows that kind of stuff.

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Specializes in School Nursing.
Okay at to make things clear I accidentally didn't hit the 'quote' button when replying. This was who that 'it's my Instagram I can do what I want' was for. This post came off rude so that was my reply. I know there are consequences to what I post. I'm not stupid I know what's on the internet is there forever. I was kind of talking about the deletion of accounts as I posted immature stuff when I was younger. I've had my account ta since I was 16. We all make mistakes and now I'm trying to fix what I've done. Sorry if I sounded like a brat to everyone.

Deleting the accounts might be a good idea. Start fresh with the adult you. I doubt that nursing schools and potential employers are going to go all hacker trying to find stuff floating around from when you were a carefree kid.

I think deleting old accounts and starting new ones (so those will be the first thing someone finds) is the best solution, since the internet tends to bring the searcher to the newest information. Good luck to you.

I feel lucky to have been young and dumb in the years prior to social media. ;)

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