This is why you should be careful what you post on facebook

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I saw a news item from the Kansas City area that four students were suspended because they took pictures posing with a placenta and posted them on facebook...As I mentioned 100 times in other threads, my particular schooled laid it right out there on the line that they would take disciplinary action, up to and including removing you from the program if you post inappropriate material...I really think you're playing with fire if you start to either 1) air your grievances or 2) post tasteless content on facebook.

I'm personally going to post on facebook when I'm accepted to nursing school and the day after that I'm closing my account. I dont want anything that anyone or myself put what I have worked for in jeopardy. Call me whatever you want but life has been drastically changed since social networking has come about and the way we communicate.

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She is dumb for not keeping her stuff private in this day and age, but that is absurd on the schools part also and probably one I would legally fight. I mean I didn't see the pics to see exactly what she was doing, but if I got suspended for pictures of me maybe dancing with a drink in my hand or something I would fight it.

Unless she was doing something illegally, or wearing her school uniform while out or on school time I don't see how they have any place to discipline her on what "they feel" is appropriate. Unless it's in the handbook that her doing what she did is not allowed and will cause dismissal from the program. If that was the case than she agreed to the terms.

She was wearing a school hoodie with the school's name emblazoned largely across the front while dancing on a pole at a party with a beer in her hand. Her clothes were still on, but you could see her "whale tail" sticking out of her pants and the picture itself was very suggestive - the school's words. She also had photos in her Facebook photo album from the same party of herself making out with various people of each gender and in varying stages of being nearly undressed. Her Facebook page clearly stated which school she was attending and that she was a nursing major. Due to all that, she was suspended. The girl wasn't a great student either, she probably would have failed out had she not been suspended. She was close to missing the max number of clinical days and she received numerous U's for clinical due to too much cleavage showing, underwear showing, etc. She even accidentally pulled out a pt's urinary cath on the first day of clinicals by stepping on it! Maybe the school was using the Facebook fiasco as an excuse - I don't know, but it does teach a lesson - better to be safe than sorry! Don't post anything about school on facebook and don't post photos at all - unless they're wholesome, family oriented and couldn't possibly be deemed as unflattering! That's the lesson I got from the whole thing.

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Specializes in Forensic/Psych/Surgical nurse.

It looks like a judge overturned her dismissal...

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
She was wearing a school hoodie with the school's name emblazoned largely across the front while dancing on a pole at a party with a beer in her hand. Her clothes were still on, but you could see her "whale tail" sticking out of her pants and the picture itself was very suggestive - the school's words. She also had photos in her Facebook photo album from the same party of herself making out with various people of each gender and in varying stages of being nearly undressed. Her Facebook page clearly stated which school she was attending and that she was a nursing major. Due to all that, she was suspended. The girl wasn't a great student either, she probably would have failed out had she not been suspended. She was close to missing the max number of clinical days and she received numerous U's for clinical due to too much cleavage showing, underwear showing, etc. She even accidentally pulled out a pt's urinary cath on the first day of clinicals by stepping on it! Maybe the school was using the Facebook fiasco as an excuse - I don't know, but it does teach a lesson - better to be safe than sorry! Don't post anything about school on facebook and don't post photos at all - unless they're wholesome, family oriented and couldn't possibly be deemed as unflattering! That's the lesson I got from the whole thing.

Well knowing the details makes it a little different than. Wearing the schools clothes was stupid on her part. Even if the photo was suggestive or what not had she not been "representing" the school, I still don't see a case, bad choice on her part, absolutely, but representing the school changes things.

Again, if the school has a policy on this than that's a different story as well.

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My classmates and I have posted pics of us at school in the skills lab (while performing skills on dummies.. no real human organs.. lol) or OUTSIDE of our clinical sites in the parking lot. There's nothing wrong with that. While the picture of the girl holding the placenta did not violate HIPAA, it does look a little unprofessional and could be construed as her not taking her studies seriously. Schools are very concerned with the image that they project in the community. The students that nursing schools pump out, while every student has their own personality quirks, is reflective of the school and the nursing instructors (even though that may not be fair, that's how it is). I go to a technical school ran by the county school system, and we even have to have the program for our nursing school graduation and everything that we show/do during the ceremony approved by administration before we send anything out.

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Specializes in OB, ED.

I agree that what she did was totally DUMB! I mean, let's use a little common sense here. I just read that she and the other students took their case in front of a judge and were able to be reinstated into their programs. Future (potential) employers googling her name will get a big surprise!

I just started nursing school last week. I've waited almost ten years to do this! I used to get on Facebook all the time, but I decided to delete it... Just to minimize pointless distractions. Not that I'd ever upload pics of organs!!! LOL

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They have actually been reinstated. This school is right up the road from my house so I have been keeping up with the story! I have a feeling that the teachers and administrators are going to just wait for them to break 1 tiny rule and then boot them out! I think if the school wanted to prohibit pictures and social networking from the get go they should have had it as a policy in the nursing school handbook! My school is constantly updating theirs!

Here is a link to the latest story: Court Reinstates Students In Placenta Pic - Kansas City News Story - KMBC Kansas City

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Specializes in Critical Care.

yeah this was brought up in the news forum a week or so back.

but it doesnt hurt to repeat a good message.

facebook will only get you in trouble if you POST trouble :-)

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Specializes in Medical Surgical/Addiction/Mental Health.

I deactivated my account. There is too much of this going on. I don’t want to be guilty by association. Besides I have heard some HR people, as part of a background check, searching potential employees on facebook. Now, this is rumor of course, but I would not be surprised.

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Common sense should have stopped all of them from even taking those kind of photos in the first place. However common sence seems to be a "super power" now a days and very few have it!

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Specializes in ICU-my whole life!!.
I saw a news item from the Kansas City area that four students were suspended because they took pictures posing with a placenta and posted them on facebook...As I mentioned 100 times in other threads, my particular schooled laid it right out there on the line that they would take disciplinary action, up to and including removing you from the program if you post inappropriate material...I really think you're playing with fire if you start to either 1) air your grievances or 2) post tasteless content on facebook.

Sorry but these folk deserve the IDIOT award

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