Facebook and employers/school

[daisybird27]

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 !!

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Hey, thanks for the info! I guess I was confusing rights of the social media entity vs rights of an individual. FaceBook itself is allowed to use content you post.

Yes unless it's a minor child under 18. And they actually stopped some of their less scrupulous privacy infringements

[NotAllWhoWandeRN, ASN, RN]

Yes unless it's a minor child under 18. And they actually stopped some of their less scrupulous privacy infringements

On a lighter note, apparently photograph copyright does not cover primates who take selfies, so I'm guessing it doesn't apply to the octopus who stole a camera or the one who's been trained to take snapshots of visitors.

[lindseylpn]

I've had my co-workers and bosses as friends on Facebook for many years but, I just try to keep posts PG rated. I also have family on there too that I wouldn't want to offend. Most of my posts are pics of my dogs and recipes though so, I don't have to try hard to be PG. I don't post anything about work. I try not to even share a post with a curse word in it. Years ago my uncle said that my little cousin looked thru Facebook and said I was cursing on my page, I went thru and looked but, never found what he was talking about but, deleted some things anyways. My rule is "Don't post anything you wouldn't want your grandma to see." I try not to be overly personal either. I used to post more but, some people put every little detail about their personal lives on there and I decided I just don't want people knowing every single thing about me. I do have some pics on there with a champagne glass on new year's but, that's about the most risque thing. I don't accept any friends request from people I don't know and I keep my privacy to friends only. You can lock your privacy down too if you want and make it to where you're not searchable at all. Several of my friends have their middle name as their last name or a nickname.

Oh, one bad thing about having people from work on Facebook is... they'll contact you on there to see if you want to work.. Our HR does a lot of communication thru messenger or text messages. Several of my coworkers prefer that though because, they can contact work on their wifi at home on messenger and not have to use the minutes on their phones. I've had other co-workers just block everyone from work.

[rzyzzy]

Facebook is tough - you can delete "likes" & old posts & I've done that, but occasionally stuff that I clearly remember deleting somehow reappears. After spending most of a day cleaning my profile, deleting posts & comments & shares, I've decided that posting/liking/commenting or sharing anything more controversial or mis-interpretable than a pic of my dog or a great cheeseburger just isn't worth it. I can't risk losing/not getting a $30/hr job over something I "liked" or commented on years ago. Even if it's none of my employer's business how I vote or how I spend my spare time.

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

Parents and schools *should* be teaching about professional and appropriate social media usage.

I've been teaching my kids this from the time they 1st were online. I'm not saying this prevents every mishap.

I'm happy that my eldest child's college also teaches and enforces r/t appropriate social media usage.

As for me: I didn't friend coworkers until after I was gone over a year. I heard nurses gossip about other nurses social media postings and decided it was not for me.

I only friended nursing school friends toward the end or after I was finished.

(A few exemptions existed)

That being said, my social media is pretty clean. You'll hardly even see me complain about life's issues. Of course, no drinking pics, etc.

This thread made me go back through my FB to do a search of myself, to make sure of what comes up.

There was 1 pic a friend posted saying thank you to me for her birthday night out that included a pic of drinks on a table. That's prolly my worst pic, and I'm almost 40, so I don't think it's horrible.

I don't "like" a whole lot of posts that I actually do like, because they're political or judgmental.

Even though my FB is "clean", I changed not name over a year ago so that it's not my real name, but a variation of my nick name.

I google searched myself over a year ago and my Pinterest account popped up on google! Nothing crazy there, but it's personal. So I changed my name there, too!

[KarenMS]

Some pictures of you holding a glass of wine at a wedding or a beer at a baseball game? Fine. Pictures of you looking all disheveled and doing a keg stand? File away on a private photo site and delete from social media.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Go right ahead. Have FB and Instragram accounts. Anything you post can and MAY be held against you. Nurses are held to a ridiculously high standard. Best to keep any personal information private.

Especially the evidence of alcohol consumption.

[Julius Seizure]

I really agree with this. I have gotten where I refuse to get in group pictures because either my request not to be put on Facebook is ignored or the photographer acts like I'm being completely unreasonable to request it.

I had a friend who, for a while, didn't just insist on taking photos, but also VIDEO, and all I asked was to not tag me in it. That's all! He didn't see the problem.

Solution? I started refusing to be a part of the group whenever he got his phone out to record. I would walk away. He eventually got the message.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

I was just looking for an answer to my original post but instead I feel like I got some judgmental people on my back. I was just wondering because I've had my profiles since I was young and did some stupid stuff. Thanks to the people who gave me answers to my original post.

You think you have seen judgemental people on THIS site? Wait until you meet the REAL judge AND jury ..future employers, the BON and Google.

[Ryn RN]

One thing, always remember to never post anything you don't want the world to see!

[AutumnApple]

Also with Instagram , is it bad to have pictures of you drinking ?

Maybe I'm old fashioned but I never understood the fascination with posting drinking pictures. Is there something new in the drinks these days that makes drinking them............something epic and news worthy?

Being an avid hater of FB, you can imagine what I have to say about that part. Even if it's not unprofessional, why bother? lol

Kidding aside though: Yes, what you post on your social media can come back and bite you. BUT it's not your school or employers you have to worry about.

It's your coworkers and classmates. Yep. I laugh when people claim companies pay millions to have people scan your social media in hopes of framing you. It reminds me of what a boss once told a new grad who was interviewing for a job (Being the schedule maker, I often sat in on intervies):

"First off, I do not go creeping facebook or anything else looking to bust people for stuff. In fact, I wish the lot of you on those sites would grow up and stop incriminating yourselves. Second, I don't have to go fishing for garbage on my own time or pay someone to do it. All your coworkers will do it free of charge, on their personal time. And those are the ones who say they like you."

I was just as surprised by his use of the term 'creeping' as I was by his answer. He was sort of out of touch and I'd have never guessed he knew what that meant.

[HJaneF]

yeah i probably wouldnt...