Social Media in Professional Practice: Guidelines and Regulations

The three professional bodies that follows the guideline with respect to the use of social media in nursing practice include: The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) : The rules that are needed to abided under the board’s (Bickhoff, 2014) code of ethics is Nurses and midwives treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as private and confidential. It is unethical for patients, midwives or nursing partners to address issues in health contexts that apply to the individuals under their treatment.