TITLE

Social networking site guidance issued in response to concerns

AUTHOR(S)
Kendall-Raynor, Petra
PUB. DATE
July 2011
SOURCE
Nursing Standard;7/13/2011, Vol. 25 Issue 45, p11
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Nurses and midwives who behave inappropriately on social networking sites may be putting their professional registration at risk, according to new guidance.
ACCESSION #
62836547

Tags: ONLINE social networks -- Moral & ethical aspects;  NURSING & Midwifery Council (Great Britain);  SOCIAL networks;  PROFESSIONAL ethics;  PROFESSIONAL standards

 

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