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Running head: SOCIAL MEDIA AND NURSINGSOCIAL MEDIA AND NURSINGName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:

1SOCIAL MEDIA AND NURSINGIntroduction:In the recent century, the use of information and communication technology called ICTas well as the internet has taken a n important position and is continuing to grow n all the regionsof the world. Studies show that 37% of the world population is using internet extensively and itis calculated to be about 2 billion people all over the world. Researchers have clearly stated thatthe growth of users of social media is growing hand in hand both with the general population andalso in health care community [ CITATION OCo171 \l 1033 ]. To be more specific social mediais often defined a s a group pof internet based applications which help in developingtechnological as well as ideological foundations. They are also helpful in creating andexchanging of user generated content [ CITATION Fer13 \l 1033 ]. The different types ofdomains which had gained attention are the collaborative projects like Wikipedia, contentcommunities like the YouTube, blogs and micro blogs like the twitters social networking siteslike the Facebook, virtual social lives like the Second life and many others [ CITATION Pec14 \l1033 ]. They are now seen to be embedded in the gathering of information as well as sharingstrategies which is helping modern people in revolutionizing the way people communicate. Thisassignment will portray how social media is associated with the nursing professional and thevarious benefits and risks associated with them. Eventually, it will help to discuss the differentethical and legal issues that remain associated with nursing profession and how nurses are copingwith the trend in healthcare.Social media relevant to an Australian Context:Social media has provided a great scope for practicing the best healthcare interventionsby the Australian healthcare system. World health organization is now been seen to maintain a

2SOCIAL MEDIA AND NURSINGFace book page, a Twitter page and also a significant presence is also maintained in YouTube.They are mainly using the social media in order to disseminate the public health information andalso help in countering rumors so that the public has the right information [ CITATION Ven14 \l1033 ]. They also help to make the public aware of any diseases outbreaks as well as differentdisasters. It had been seen that WHO has been successful in making people aware of theinfluenza A (H1N1) pandemic and had almost about 11,700 followers. It has been statedironically by researchers that a message outbreak can spread through the Twitter at a very fastrate than the influenza virus itself [ CITATION Tuo14 \l 1033 ]. Social media has been usedextensively within and outside the healthcare community. It has fur reaching implications for thenursing professionals as well as in healthcare services and is help in the increasing of theopportunities so that communication and be conducted both at a personal level as well as theprofessionals levels. This can be achieved by enhanced access to different information by boththe public as well as the healthcare providers. Moreover social media is now used by healthcareorganizations, institutions and education programs. Professionals, ethical, regulatory as well aslegal issues are properly addressed effectively through social media[ CITATION Fer14 \l 1033 ].Legal and ethical issues related with use of social media:Nurses often face various legal as well as ethical isues when they try to use social mediador best healthcare.The first potent issue that often poses a threat to the service providers andalso to the service users are the unmoderated content which is often published on the socialmedia. These often lead to the development of wring ides and notions among the differentstakeholders as they do not have an idea about the truth and the evidence behind the information.It is not often misleading and may cause the healthcare professional to develop wrong notion andalso wrong ideas which may have ethical as well as legal consequence. Often improper treatment

3SOCIAL MEDIA AND NURSINGsuggested by less experienced nurses can lead patients or fresher nurses to wring directionswhich may make them engaged in ethical dilemma or legal battle with other stakeholders.Moreover they are also threatening to human lives [ CITATION Arc14 \l 1033 ]. A goodexample which the Australian nurses can take into consideration to understand about its harmfuleffect is that during the Earthquake of Japan in 2011, people were scared of radiation leaks. Itwas published on many healthcare sites that taking large quantities of salt along with thedrinking of iodinated wound cleaner will help to protect form this situation. However, WHOcame forward and handled the situation by properly tackling the rumor through Twitter andexplained the false claim preventing people to follow this trend blindly.The second issue which may be faced as the result of the presence of social media innursing is the ethical and legal complications associated with breaches of privacy andconfidentiality rights of stakeholders.. Breaches may happen in different ways where a patient isdescribed in a detailed way with a large amount of information which gets easily identified or bya way which is referring to particular patient in a degrading as well as demeaning manner. Manyprofessionals may also post video or photos of patients due to certain grudges against hem whichwill eventually be breaches in privacy and confidentiality and for these, the professionals wouldbe held accountable and will be charged of ethical and legal obligations. Surveys have shownwhere professional have been intentionally or unintentionally sharing patients’ information anddifferent events on social networking sites for which complaints had been launched. Oftenleaking of company’s policies, secrets, goals, turnovers and many others in healthcare industrymay lead to violation of company’s policy for which the accused would be held accountable andher license could also be canceled [ CITATION Isa17 \l 1033 ]. An example was given by anarticle were bulletin of Canadian nurses how leakage of the first name of patient and her

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