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A Nurses' Guide to Securing Your Online Facebook Privacy

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There are some potential risks you need to consider when using Facebook – personal, and professional. One of the best precautions you can take is ensuring that your privacy settings are optimised to suit your individual needs.

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<p>Simple Steps to Securing Your Facebook Privacy Like 95% of Australians, you have a Facebook account that you use around 32 times a week (Sensis 2016). There are some potential risks you need to consider when using Facebook - personal, and professional. One of the best precautions you can take is ensuring that your privacy settings are optimised to suit your individual needs. Privacy settings are an essential tool in maintaining your professional reputation as a nurse online. (Also read: Nursing, Privacy and the Risks of Social Media) There are three key aspects of privacy that you need to address: </p>

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Rachel Hughes
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Dr Rachel Hughes is the director of palliative care at the Calvary Mater Newcastle. Rachel has a background in aeromedical retrieval medicine, rural and remote primary care, including primary and chronic disease care in Australian Indigenous Communities. She has a strong interest in equity of access to patient and carer centered palliative care, particularly for vulnerable populations. She has undertaken service development and palliative care research for adolescents and young adults with cancer and is currently working towards the development of strong networks of practice in palliative care generally, supporting patients, carers and communities to provide best standard care at end of life.
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HAZEL ALVARADO
02 Mar 2020
Healthcare providers must always keep in mind not only the privacy of their patients but also their own.
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Nadia Franich
08 Jul 2020
Very useful information and actual instructions of exactly how to adjust your privacy settings to ensure you are within the professional code of conduct, and not breaching standards by exposing your private life to the general public.
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Aimee Sing
26 May 2020
A great way to reinforce existing knowledge about social media use and security surrounding social media.
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Cherie Proudfoot
27 Sep 2020
Good overview.
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