By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was recently contacted by a former student, now a nurse manager, to discuss a situation that had upset her. This manager is a very popular with her staff and had friended most of them on Facebook. She told me that one of her nurses had called in sick on a busy weekend leaving her unit short of staff. The manager later went on this … [Read more...]
Professional Nursing Boundaries in a Facebook Age
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The rapid rise of social media such as Facebook, Google + and Twitter are changing the nature of social communication. Facebook alone has 800 million active users globally. With this increase in online networking, the traditional boundaries of the nurse-patient relationship may seem less clear and many health care organizations don't have … [Read more...]
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