Please use some common sense on Facebook.

mamamerlee, LPN · Nov 19, 2009

That is career suicide. Just plain foolish. I agree with you 100%.

carachel2 · Nov 19, 2009

I have schoolmates that blast our program on Facebook. They have private profiles but STILL. In my opinion, everything posted on Facebook is completely fair game.

AnnaN5 · Nov 19, 2009

I have never personally seen any of my coworkers post anything like that on Facebook but our nursing union did recently send out a letter that addressed sites likes Facebook, Myspace, etc. It was a reminder about potential HIPAA violations and the chance that employers make use these sites to get background information on a potential employee or current employee.

thatsthekeyRNC · Nov 19, 2009

I am in school right now and actually attended a seminar warning students against this - it's sad that it has to go that far. That people are that ignorant to think that it wouldn't affect their "real lives".

TrickieTam · Nov 19, 2009

Some people don't realize that even if your profile is blocked another person can just "poke" you on Facebook and get into your information. Last week my friends account was poked and someone got his number and made crank calls. I am still wondering why does he have his number listed in the first place.

Katie5 · Nov 19, 2009

I have never personally seen any of my coworkers post anything like that on Facebook but our nursing union did recently send out a letter that addressed sites likes Facebook, Myspace, etc. It was a reminder about potential HIPAA violations and the chance that employers make use these sites to get background information on a potential employee or current employee.

Not saying this is not possible, but don't you have to be a person's friend to access their personal information?

nurseinprogress2010 · Nov 19, 2009

If you use any of those forums you must treat them the same as public speaking... people can see it even if it's private by signing on other peoples accounts, etc..... there are ways around identities that everyone does not know. Anything said on these forums should only be only what you would say in front of a group you do not know, and never never never break HIPPA.

NamasteNurse, BSN, RN · Nov 19, 2009

some people truly think that because they say I only share with certain people that what they post is safe---wrong. As a parent of three teens I can tell you, where there's a will, there's a way

shoegalRN, RN · Nov 19, 2009

I have a FB account, but I'm not friends with anyone I work with. My account is private and you can't even search my name. I have about 90 friends who are mostly my nursing school and high school friends. I also have quite a few friends from my previous career.

When I'm on FB, I don't say anything about pts, but I will say I have to work tonight, or I'm on day 2 of 3, or something like that. That's the extent I will go in regards to my job. Lately, I havent been on FB as much.

I have some nursing school friends who do post about their jobs in details.

quiet_one · Nov 19, 2009

I don't know anyone personally, although the hospital i work at sent out an e-mail stating we should not log into our facebook accounts at work....or comment on anything regarding work. Apparently at one of our sister hospitals a nurse was fired for bashing her boss (duh...she had him as a friend too!) and workplace. They sent out screenshots of the offense and it was pretty appaling all the information shared and language used. lol, it still was a little wrong that she was fired through comments on her facebook!

Trauma Columnist · Nov 19, 2009

The same goes for anywhere online - even AllNurses - don't post things you don't want the whole world to know about.