After reviewing the below resources, please complete the following:
In your experience, what are the pros and cons (include any applicable ethical principles) of social media use for a nurse?
Are there appropriate times for the nurse to use social media in a clinical setting? Explain your answer.
How might social media be used to promote the nursing profession? Give some examples.
Read & Review
- International Council on Nursing (2012): Code of Ethics (Links to an external site.)
- NCSBN (2018): Guidelines for Nurses Using Social Media (Links to an external site.)
- Spector & Kappel (2012) article: Guidelines for Using Electronic and Social Media: The Regulatory Perspective (Links to an external site.)
- NCSBN (2021): Policy Statement: Dissemination of Non-Scientific and Misleading COVID-19 Information by Nurses (Links to an external site.)
- Watch University of Kentucky Moral Distress Project (2013) videos
- Jackson, Fraser, & Ash (2014) article: Social Media and Nurses: Insights for Promoting Health for Individual and Professional Use (Links to an external site.)
- McCue (2010) article: Using the AACN Framework to Alleviate Moral Distress (Links to an external site.)
- Der Bedrosian (2015) article: Nursing Is Hard. Unaddressed Ethical Issues Make It Harder. (Links to an external site.)
- Example of a Social Media Policy (Links to an external site.) from Massachusetts General