Disadvantages Of Social Media In Nursing

Technology has been advancing rapidly in recent years. Society has been relying on technology for providing care and improving methods on how efficiently clients are being treated. According to Piscotty, a major challenge that nurses are facing is the demand of providing safe and quality care while still being efficient and cost effective in the workplace through the use of technology. While there are many advantages of technology, there also comes disadvantages that people have to consider, such as the impact it has on privacy and patient care. Balancing the enhanced communication opportunities provided by social media with the downside of increased distraction in an educational environment is also a challenge. Unfortunately, standards guiding …show more content…
Nurses are accountable for understanding social media platforms and guidance. Some of the advantages of social media and smartphones in healthcare is that through their smartphones they can easily download apps related to healthcare to blog and communicate with other colleagues and to listen to experts regarding patient issues and how to provide efficient nursing care. Another major advantage of social media is that healthcare professionals can provide patient teaching through the use of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter or any other media source. By educating the community they can enhance people 's lives and provide teaching about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. According to Farrelly, studies show that some physicians are using social media to enhance communication with patients. Smartphone and social media use in healthcare have tremendous potential for providing valuable information to other healthcare professionals, and the ability for nurses to interact with other colleagues around the world. Three major disadvantages are that information about a person can be easily published in media and this is when problems arise. In fact, over the past few …show more content…
They have to follow employer policies and federal laws regarding the privacy of patients and confidentiality. As long as health care professionals are cautious with their work and learn exactly what they can or can 't do they can enjoy social media without violating the patient 's privacy and confidentiality. According to HIPAA, patient 's have the right to privacy and confidentiality, healthcare workers are not allowed to share their personal health information to others or it will lead to violation and a fine. Health care professionals have to have certain ethics so they can learn to differentiate between what it right or wrong. I believe that all health care professionals need to follow specific policies and they should all be the same, I think that the fact that various hospitals have different policies makes it harder for employees to follow it and know when they are doing the wrong thing. Everyone has the right to healthcare privacy and no one should violate the patient 's right to that. If the patient does not want certain people to know about his or her health condition they have that right , they need to be treated with respect just like employees would like to be treated. It’s basically the same thing, employees would not like to have their information publicized through media therefore they