I have friends who are Nurses and friends who are Student Nurses.
Student Nurses:
I see them always posting on their story either IG or SC, about the medications they learned that day, them being able do a health assessment showing off their stethoscope, showing their skills all through social media.
Friends that are Nurses:
they always posting stories of themselves in full PPE at work obviously not showing other staff or their workplace due to confidentiality, showing off that they are working night shifts and stuff etc...
I may be exaggerating, but I always thought of this career as very rewarding being able to impact peoples lives in a positive non religious way. I never thought or have shown off on social media for privacy reasons, and to always respect the profession. I see nowadays people in my generation using Nursing as a way to glorify themselves and such.
I used to work with people who were all about social media. Call lights would ring and ring and ring while I unsuccessfully tried to track down coworkers. Later, I'd notice their selfies with sanctimonious captions posted from employee bathroom photo-shoots. People can be so weird.
Agree 100%. To me its just disgraceful. This career isn't about showboating but about helping people. Like why would you wanna show off you are helping people in their most vulnerable state?
The same reason people post about their volunteer activities, their church activities, their kids doing funny things.... it's your life and you want to share it with friends. I don't post anything about nursing though occasionally I will state that I am a nurse when answering questions but why not post something good you're doing? If people are your friends then they should be happy to hear it, especially nowadays.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
4 hours ago, LovingLife123 said:
I’m proud of the fact that I can do that. Not everyone can.
I know you are new to the field, but truly, if this is your thought process, I see extreme burnout happening quickly. Having such a rigid, altruistic view will not bode well for longevity in this field.
The OP has a history of posting odd questions about the behavior of other nurses and allied nursing professonals.
Specializes in Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown.
Has anyone watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix? Interesting discussion about how social media affects mental health. I enjoy making tiktok dance videos with some other nurses and doctors, but we don't do it when it would interfere with patient care. I don't mind people posting they are proud to be a nurse, but as @Sour Lemon mentioned, it's frustrating to see coworkers who don't work hard make posts about what good nurses they are.
On my previous unit the charge nurse never got up from the desk. She saw us running around, all our patients calling at once, and just overhead paged us with the room numbers, never checked on patients. No help turning, taking people to imaging, wouldn't respond to codes, NOTHING! Then we go home and see her posts about what a busy shift it was and all the comments from her friends complimenting her on how hard she works. I was 22 at the time and it really got under my skin, like "That's a lie!" but now I understand a lot of things on social media are a lie. Filters, buying followers, portraying yourself untruthfully. I'm trying to quit! Stayed off IG for 3 days but was starting to have withdrawal LOL
My first reaction on reading the OP was “so what?” Getting stressed when someone else posts something that I wouldn’t is a waste of my energy. Just scroll on.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
10 hours ago, LibraNurse27 said:
Has anyone watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix? Interesting discussion about how social media affects mental health. I enjoy making tiktok dance videos with some other nurses and doctors, but we don't do it when it would interfere with patient care. I don't mind people posting they are proud to be a nurse, but as @Sour Lemon mentioned, it's frustrating to see coworkers who don't work hard make posts about what good nurses they are.
On my previous unit the charge nurse never got up from the desk. She saw us running around, all our patients calling at once, and just overhead paged us with the room numbers, never checked on patients. No help turning, taking people to imaging, wouldn't respond to codes, NOTHING! Then we go home and see her posts about what a busy shift it was and all the comments from her friends complimenting her on how hard she works. I was 22 at the time and it really got under my skin, like "That's a lie!" but now I understand a lot of things on social media are a lie. Filters, buying followers, portraying yourself untruthfully. I'm trying to quit! Stayed off IG for 3 days but was starting to have withdrawal LOL
It's not so bad once your hands quit shaking and the danger of seizure is passed.
I’m a Millennial but the Instagram stories/reels, Tik Toks nurses make trying to be clever or cute drive me nuts. Most of them are not funny, what I see is a full group of people making a video at the Nurses station when they could be helping a patient. Maybe I’m dense, but I don’t think these videos contribute positively to the image of the profession as they are likely intended.
They are excited to be a nurse. Leave them be. If you don't like it, don't do it.
EXACTLY. This is such a non-issue, and I don't think it at all cheapens our profession to have people who genuinely love their work posting a scrubs selfie here and there or writing a post about their day. As long as there's no HIPAA violation, it really isn't a problem worth getting worked up about.
That’s why social media has a Mute button. I have some acquaintances who annoy the hell out of me on FB. (Not because of nursing stuff, just in general.). So I click “snooze for 30 days” on their profile. Problem solved!
As the recovery groups say, you can’t change someone else’s behavior, just your reaction to it.
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I think it's obnoxious.
I used to work with people who were all about social media. Call lights would ring and ring and ring while I unsuccessfully tried to track down coworkers. Later, I'd notice their selfies with sanctimonious captions posted from employee bathroom photo-shoots. People can be so weird.