The Dangers of Social Media: Depression, Negligence, and More

RUNNING HEAD: DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA 1
The dangers of social media
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DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA 2
The dangers of social media
INTRODUCTION
We are living in the world where social media is the norm and the order of the day. There
are different social media platforms such as Facebook, twitter Instagram among others.
According to statistics there are over 8 billion users of different social media. Social media is
associated with different negative implications such as depression and lack of sleep .In order to
educate children as a nurse or a patient, there are different strategies that ought to be used (Batra
& Langenfeld, 2017). This includes having a one on one session with the children. They should
also use threatening images of the social media so that the children develop abject fear of the
social media. Another strategy is simply educating them on the potential negative implications so
that they can limit the time they spend on the social media. The negative issues associated with
social media together with their solutions are described in the subsequent parts of the essay.
Social media leads to negligence among the home based care givers. Social media is
quite addictive and it makes some members to ignore their responsibilities. There are times when
certain family members are sick and are in dire need of care from their family members such as
parents. However, some of them engage to the social media for long time until they forget
providing medications or food to the sick individuals (Langenfeld, Cook, Sudbeck, Luers, &
Schenarts, 2014). This therefore leads to worsening of the health problem. The solution in this
form of negligence is the use of alarms. The alarms should be set at a certain frequency where
the patient is supposed to get the drugs. The alarm would then alert the care provider who will in
return do the necessary.