Okay, if you are a Student Nurse you probably know that your university has a policy on facebook use. I just want to re-iterate this: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PUT ON FACEBOOK. Anything, and I do mean anything can be taken as offensive or unprofessional.
Maybe think twice about that amazing weekend you had where your friends took pictures of you out in town with your knickers out or with your head down a toilet bowl, especially if it says somewhere on your profile that you're a student nurse or work in the NHS. I know that you can't control the pictures that your friends may tag but you can remove the tags and request they take the photo down if they are really that bad! (And we've all had some of those pictures, have we not?)
Another thing to be wary about is what you post as a status, whether it be moaning about home life or about someone in your life, just remember that anything can be screen printed and posted around, and even if you remove it, it will always be there.
Keep this little mantra in mind and you should be okay! Keep a journal to vent your feelings, whilst also never mentioning a patient or colleague by name, or talk to family members, life partners, the bus driver. Actually scratch the last one. Remember, confidentiality is key. I hope I haven't scared anyone but with a close friend going under investigation for something put on that bloody social networking site (channelling Jeremy Kyle here) it's definitely something close to my heart. For any more information on social networking and being a Student Nurse, Nurse or working in health care, search NMC code on social networks and it'll take you straight to that section in the code.
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