Never post replies or start new threads at your hospital's computer

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I made the mistake of doing this, and now I've got nosy co-workers e-mailing me about my replies and so on on this website.

I hate nosy people.

Get a life!

Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

We found a cache of this supposedly private Myspace page on google. It's not always 'private.'

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Specializes in ER/Trauma.

Scott:

I tried to impress on him, after finding his totally inappropriate MySpace page, under his real name, how detrimental that would be to his future employment opportunities, etc.
That's a good point. I don't really disagree.

*shrug* I rarely use my real name online anyways. My parents would complain about my pseudonyms when I sent them emails but I told them I wasn't putting my name on unencrypted emails.

But it isn't all that hard to find me - I do post photos online and use galleries.

*shrug* It's not the point of this thread anyways :p I'm not sure I would access stuff from work - devil knows I may forget to logoff and clear cache and the next chap who uses the terminal suddenly has access in my name...

We found a cache of this supposedly private Myspace page on google. It's not always 'private.'
Google spiders caches are old. Google spiders can't always access those pages. if a spider went over my myspace and then I made it private, the snapshot in google cache will still show my old information.

Stuff on the internet can be as private as you want - ya just gotta know how to make it so. For example, you may happily try Googling into my MySpace all you want - but you won't find scratch ;) They are getting better at restricting access and view. They have a ways to go, but they are better than they were 6 months ago.

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Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

Firstly - I don't know how there's time to even access the 'net. Secondly, if you don't want your co-workers reading your posts or accessing what you thought was *private* then from this point on, have self-restraint to not post about it while at work, but wait until you're home.

As for myspace (I know OT) I had way too many snoopers on my myspace. One person who held an irrational vendetta against me, actually complained about my myspace TO myspace and they pulled the page even though nothing was violating their TOS. I had a visitor tracker on my page, so I knew who was visiting me and how often they were visiting. I rebuilt my page and it's now on private. People can see my photo and a couple of blurbs that go under my photo, but they have to be one of my 'friends' to view the whole thing and I'm selective of who I add these days.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

. never mind, off topic.

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Specializes in Photolab technician.

MySpace is the devil.

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Specializes in Med Surg/LTC.
Firstly - I don't know how there's time to even access the 'net. Secondly, if you don't want your co-workers reading your posts or accessing what you thought was *private* then from this point on, have self-restraint to not post about it while at work, but wait until you're home.

As for myspace (I know OT) I had way too many snoopers on my myspace. One person who held an irrational vendetta against me, actually complained about my myspace TO myspace and they pulled the page even though nothing was violating their TOS. I had a visitor tracker on my page, so I knew who was visiting me and how often they were visiting. I rebuilt my page and it's now on private. People can see my photo and a couple of blurbs that go under my photo, but they have to be one of my 'friends' to view the whole thing and I'm selective of who I add these days.

Yes, I'm definitely posting on this forum with my personal computer from now on only. I learned my lesson.

Just for the record, it's not only nurses that browse the net only. Everyone from MD's down to the housekeeper use our hospital computers for internet usage. The bright side to our computers is that they block Media sites and places like Myspace.

:wakeneo:

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Specializes in Med Surg/LTC.
MySpace is the devil.

I disagree, all my friends are on Myspace and it's a great way for us to share pics, videos, and save on phone calls.

Besides, I know my friends well enough and they can't fool me if they're trying to be attention seekers with their sites.

:wakeneo:

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

:smackingf I'm revealing my little old lady ways here. I just don't understand socializing so much on the internet like on myspace.com. Socialize in person!

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Specializes in Case Management, Home Health, UM.

At the HMO where I used to work, abuse of their internet was so widespread that everyone (except Management) was finally blocked from accessing anything. I regulary used Palmetto.GBA (Medicare's intermediary in this area) and CMS's website in the course of doing preservice reviews, and they blocked that, too. My manager had to fill out several forms to submit to our IT department in order to reinstate my access to these sites. The process took nearly a month, as IT kept claiming they never received the forms. In the meantime, I was still being held accountable for getting my work done, which was now becoming next to impossible due to this bureaucratic

nightmare. While the Powers That May Be effectively eliminated any further internet abuse, they made it even harder for the employees (like me) who were meeting productivity before...to remain productive. :angryfire

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when i was working as a cna the only time we are aloud to use the computers at work is if we for got our name tag for us to clock in. but most places would have you either written up,or fired for posting,or chatting on the work computers.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

MySpace is the devil as much as Santa Claus is personally responsible for Christmas being so commercialized. Jeez. :rolleyes:

And quite bluntly, anyone that surfs the 'Net at work, should expect that everything that they tap into will be reviewed by management. To think otherwise, is quite naive.

That, too.

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In that case, half the staff should be terminated. All of our computers are internet connected AND IF WE DON'T HAVE admissions and our rounds are done.....it get's really slow in my unit.

Really slow!

Hmmmm....Allnurses.com or gossip with co-workers? Sorry, but I'd rather surf and learn a thing or two from you outstanding nurses ;)

Boy I'd love just a little occasional slow time. You may feel it is a burden to be so slow. But where I work we barely have time to do the basics that need to be done at work and often not even that.

Count your blessings. Bring a book. Read. Study. Take CE's but don't use the computer to post. Even on a nursing site. That could get you fired. Nursing realated or not.

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