Facebook is not for dummies
Growing up and becoming a nurse during an age when there were rules for appropriate behaviors, I often cringe when seeing how people refuse to act in a well thought out manner. This age of social networking has left people thinking any and everything is alright to post for the world to see.
Four student nurses, led by Doyle Brymes, at a Kansas community college, decided it would be a good thing to dress up in labs coats, gloves and masks, and show themselves hunched over a placenta and post it on Facebook for the world to view. Brymes supposedly asked her instructor if it was alright to post the picture. The instructor said “oh you girls“, but never gave a definite answer. Now this makes me sick. Someone has to be able to make decisions and step up to the plate. Why weren’t they told NO in no uncertain terms? The girls were expelled and now have to file a lawsuit to be reinstated to class.
Learning during the dark ages, I feel this the lack of professionalism is due to nurses and other professionals not having the guidance to be told what to do and what not to do. It’s too late to wait until nurses have graduated and have to abide by HIPPA rules. Patient’s privacy must be guarded at all cost.
Harsh as it might seem, I hope they are not reinstated! Go work in a nail salon or a bar where privacy is not expected. If you are reinstated, I hope you have really learned your lesson. Nursing is a a scared art and what you do is not to be put up and shown as entertainment!