Might not graduate over FB

[BookWorming]

Can a nursing program not allow you to graduate for a post on FB that doesn't violate any school, board or HIPPA policies? I passed all my courses. Graduation is next week and they are letting people who failed exits graduate!

Anyway, I said I thought a tech was a *****. I deleted it. But someone on my friends list that goes to my school printed it out and gave it to my director. (Why would someone do that). So now the program is threatening to take my graduation away after I passed everything with really good grades. The dean doesn't seem to be helpful either.

[Christian Orion]

I see several accounts with real pictures and never knew people were suppose to hide their identity but either way I appreciate the advice, but no need to worry about me I own a tattoo shop so I have job security, I'm in nursing school only for the knowledge that will help better take care of my special needs child, someday I may give a job at a hospital a try but I learned long ago I can't keep my mouth shut so that's when I started the pursuit of running my own business because the only person I can work for is me.

[MBrickle]

She certainly does have the right...but there are consequences that come with exercising free speech. I can call my boss a *** (choose whatever you like for this one) on FB, but that also means that I will not have a job tomorrow--in fact, it might be gone by later tonight.

As for the second statement, why do you classify the FB "friend" as a jerk? If I were an employer, I would want to know if a potential employee made such statements about techs. I would have to think seriously about hiring someone who might not be a very good team player. Also, how would the student feel if the tech posted on FB that "the students on the floor today were some of the most incompetent I have ever seen! One almost killed one of my patients!"

Because, barring anything ACTUALLY harmful, I wouldn't be such a total kiss a** or tattle tale that I would go through the effort of PRINTING the comment (which, truthfully, was just an opinion) and then bringing it to the boss.

If you identify with that sort of behavior, where you would go out of your way to inform your boss of some very benign (albeit ill-advised) negative comment on Facebook and print it out and hand it to him/her, then you are the WORST type of person and need to get a life. Period.

The comment wasn't smart to make, and a lesson is certainly to be learned, but for a snotty classmate to go out of his/her way to bring this to this to the administrations attention is PATHETIC. It was a stupid comment. Truth be told, I think most people I meet on a daily basis are idiots, too!! Plus, venting about an idiot tech (or any other coworker) doesn't necessarily mean they are a bad team player. It was a harmless vent that some pansy jerk peer capitalized on to cause drama. Pathetic.

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

You are not a guest, you are in our hospital and you have to follow oor policy and procedure. This is made clear at our hospital and I am sure at any hospital.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Um, how do you figure? Is a student receiving compensation for what they are doing at that clinical site? Since they aren't, they aren't considered EMPLOYEES in the legal sense of the word. Are they representatives of said hospital? That could be argued, in a round about way, I believe.

But, when you are a student at a hospital you are considered an employee. Most places have a social media policy. If I posted something like that I would be fired.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Of course students have to follow protocol and policy of the clinical site, but that in no way, shape or form, makes them an EMPLOYEE of that hospital.

You are not a guest, you are in our hospital and you have to follow oor policy and procedure. This is made clear at our hospital and I am sure at any hospital.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I see several accounts with real pictures and never knew people were suppose to hide their identity but either way I appreciate the advice, but no need to worry about me I own a tattoo shop so I have job security, I'm in nursing school only for the knowledge that will help better take care of my special needs child, someday I may give a job at a hospital a try but I learned long ago I can't keep my mouth shut so that's when I started the pursuit of running my own business because the only person I can work for is me.

What a great Dad.

Allnurses is an anonymous site but it is public, it is heavily search engined by Google and other bots, and it is in the Terms of Service about posting personal information

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Of course students have to follow protocol and policy of the clinical site, but that in no way, shape or form, makes them an EMPLOYEE of that hospital.

Not in the proper sense of the word you are however a representative of that facility and are bound by the policies within....just like every other hired employee. It was covered in "orientation". By agreeing to allow the school access the school, you, agree to the facilities rules and regs. It is inall that paperwork you signed.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Yup, I believe I've stated that. A student IS a representative in a manner of speaking of any clinical site they are a part of, AND must abide by the policies and procedures in place of that facility. The only thing I'm "contesting" is the insistance of NicuGal that a student is an EMPLOYEE of the hospital they are doing clinicals at.

Not in the proper sense of the word you are however a representative of that facility and are bound by the policies within....just like every other hired employee. It was covered in "orientation". By agreeing to allow the school access the school, you, agree to the facilities rules and regs. It is inall that paperwork you signed.

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

Fine, they may not be an employee, but you are a representative of the institution you are at. But, you are expected to act and follow all the same rules, policies and protocols of said institute. I have no idea why you have your panties in a bunch over this. I have worked on committees that work with the students and believe me, we go over the whole social media policy.

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

If you identify with that sort of behavior, where you would go out of your way to inform your boss of some very benign (albeit ill-advised) negative comment on Facebook and print it out and hand it to him/her, then you are the WORST type of person and need to get a life. Period.

Yikes...must have really struck a nerve. From what I understand it happens regularly--people turning others in based on FB comments, that is. We had a representative of our hospital talk to us about the social media policy. Per her, the hospital does not go to FB looking for people bad talking the hospital...most violations of the policy are when people are turned in by their FB "friends." While you may think these snitches are among the worst of people, it happens. If someone wants to badmouth the hospital, whatever, that is going to be their problem...when people are making disparaging comments about the staff on my unit, in a public forum, then I have an issue.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Oh boy. My panties aren't in a bunch. YOU called students in your hospital employees, I pointed out that they are not employees. I've also stated that they are, in fact, representatives of said facility while they do clinicals there and are expected to follow all rules and procedural policies that anyone else acting as a representative, paid or not, is required to abide by. Take a chill pill.

Fine, they may not be an employee, but you are a representative of the institution you are at. But, you are expected to act and follow all the same rules, policies and protocols of said institute. I have no idea why you have your panties in a bunch over this. I have worked on committees that work with the students and believe me, we go over the whole social media policy.

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

Okay...you are the one that keeps on and on about it.