Communicating On Social Networking Sites
Instructions
Use at least 2 references to support your response. Your responses should be supported with references beyond the textbook (see grading rubric). Focus on the quality of your post not the quantity. Please follow the rules of courtesy: do not be rude or offend anyone.
Read any original thread (Question), this is a part of the discussion/interaction and learning environment on Bb. Reading other students’ posts and responding is a learning format, you are expected to participate fully in the discussions.
All posts are to adhere to APA format (7th edition). However, Do Not include a title page or abstract in the post.
The summary shall reflect a scholarly effort, proper grammar, coherence, and spelling, and accurately use APA 7th edition format. References should be published within the past 5-10 years and at least 2 references are beyond the Marquis and Huston textbook.
Discussion Board (DB) Grading Matrix
1 . Initial Post
| Criteria | Absent to poor
(69 and below) |
Fair
(70-79) |
Good
(80-89) |
Excellent
(90-100) |
| Initial response to questions with at least 2 references
(current professional literature found in professional nursing & other professional journals and if a website site is used it has to be a professional nursing organization/association), related, organized and relevant to topic. NO BLOGS! Adheres to APA format consistently and accurately throughout the post. Adheres to the 250 words or more. |
Does not post or posts after required date for response or response not relevant or related to topic. Six or more APA format errors. Only wrote 150 words or less. | Initial response without references or
Does not use professional literature or is disorganized with many grammatical errors. Used only website or textbook. Four-five APA format errors. Wrote less than 180 words but more than 150 words.
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Initial response with 1 reference related to and relevant to topic (current professional literature found in professional nursing & other professional journals and if a website site is used it has to be a professional nursing organization/association). Not completely organized, relevant to topic but minimal grammatical errors. Two-three APA format errors. Wrote 180 to 250 words.
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Initial post with at least 2 references (current professional literature found in professional nursing & other professional journals and if a website site is used it has to be a professional nursing organization/association). Post should be organized, with proper grammar and relevant to topic. Adheres to APA format consistently and accurately (only one) APA format errors throughout the post. Wrote at least 300 words. |
Please follow APA format for the reference list, paraphrasing, and quoting (do not include a title page). Your initial response should be more than 300 words.
Please write in essay format do not write in question-and-answer format.
Communicating on Social Networking Sites
You are part of a new graduate nurse cohort completing its residency program at a local acute care hospital. The new graduates often connect via a social networking site in the evening to share what they learned or experienced that particular day. Several of the group participants have discussed specific patient scenarios with the group, and although they do not share the patient’s name, there is enough identifying information that you are concerned that patient confidentiality could be threatened. One nurse today shared a photo of a stage IV sacral decubitus that she took on her cell phone to demonstrate the scope and severity of such a pressure ulcer. No identifying patient information was included with the photo, but you know the photo should never have been taken in the first place, much less shared on the social networking site.
Assignment:
Discuss what you will do. What parameters should be in place to protect patient confidentiality in groups such as these? What safeguards does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provide to guide this electronic communication about patients that nurses care for? Use at least two sources from the literature to support your answer.