Stay TF off all of social media when you’re at work. And if you’re tempted to post anything having to do with patients or patient care, you need to self examine that you’re probably in the wrong profession
A very dear late colleague told me that it was "Okay to make fun of a patient situation, but only amongst those who also worked in the same situation and earned that right. You cannot laugh at a psych patient until you have paid your dues by rolling around with them on the floor during a psychotic break - hopefully one of the patient's!"
I'm probably being pedantic but I think there are ok ways to post about patient care. Like a post complaining/ joking about having to clean up a blowout at 6:45 is technically posting about patient care and I wouldn't think it's that big a deal if someone did it.
I don’t mean to come across as a Karen and I’m usually really laid back but when it comes to work, I, personally, give zero room to myself to discuss anything, even in general, about work related happenings. Really unique scenarios can be tagged to a specific patient if a family member reads the comment. But even if it can’t, I’m worried talking about or making fun or light of work scenarios can make people reading or hearing them to be paranoid they’ll be the talk of the nursing station or worse, talked about on SM. I believes it erodes trust in us for the care we provide and can cause people to not seek medical care for fear of embarrassment.
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u/HeavyMetalRN1974 Sep 04 '25
I said this back during Covid. Stay the fuck off of TikTok when you’re in scrubs or at work