As a professional group, nurses spend more time directly with patients than any other group and thus have an important perspective to offer on all aspects of healthcare (Crisp and Taylor, 2013). The purpose of this essay is to define professionalism, the scope of practice of registered nurses in New Zealand, and competence associated with the role of a registered nurse. Equally, it will cover all the attributes that affect professionalism such as the code of conduct, competencies, and other standards and acts published by professional nursing organisations such as the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO, 2010), Ministry of Health, 2014 and the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ). This essay will also discuss how the Professionalism, scope
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From the eight code of conduct principles discussed above, four principles are directly related to using social media and electronic communications. Social media is part of electronic communication that allows people to connect, communicate and exchange information using Facebook, blogs, Twitter, email, audio files, videos, images, photographs and text messages. Social media is beneficial to everyone if used appropriately and in a professional manner. Many healthcare organisations are taking advantage of electronic communication to advertise their organisation or to send across messages to inform the community or society about certain events. Most nurses and health professionals use electronic communication such as text message, email or posts to quickly share or discuss information as it does not take time as it would if it was to be discussed face to face. But they can accidently breach patient’s confidentiality and privacy without notice. It is still a breach of confidentiality if something is discussed on social media without identifying the health consumer as it demonstrates disrespect to the patient’s privacy. Using social media for personal use is considered an appropriate way of use without disclosing any information about the professional life. When discussing a medical issue or conditions about a patient to a family member or patient it is appropriate to discuss through a phone call or face to face rather than text message, text messages are useful to inform about appointments (NCNZ, 2012). RN Abb discussed professional life on social media, he wrote had difficulty listening to the patients’ blood pressure with his stethoscope and it wasn’t his fault that he could not
From the eight code of conduct principles discussed above, four principles are directly related to using social media and electronic communications. Social media is part of electronic communication that allows people to connect, communicate and exchange information using Facebook, blogs, Twitter, email, audio files, videos, images, photographs and text messages. Social media is beneficial to everyone if used appropriately and in a professional manner. Many healthcare organisations are taking advantage of electronic communication to advertise their organisation or to send across messages to inform the community or society about certain events. Most nurses and health professionals use electronic communication such as text message, email or posts to quickly share or discuss information as it does not take time as it would if it was to be discussed face to face. But they can accidently breach patient’s confidentiality and privacy without notice. It is still a breach of confidentiality if something is discussed on social media without identifying the health consumer as it demonstrates disrespect to the patient’s privacy. Using social media for personal use is considered an appropriate way of use without disclosing any information about the professional life. When discussing a medical issue or conditions about a patient to a family member or patient it is appropriate to discuss through a phone call or face to face rather than text message, text messages are useful to inform about appointments (NCNZ, 2012). RN Abb discussed professional life on social media, he wrote had difficulty listening to the patients’ blood pressure with his stethoscope and it wasn’t his fault that he could not