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I think what you're doing is fine. I often share some of my experiences with my friends and on Facebook - I actually think it's good to give people an idea of what it's like to be elderly or disabled, because most people have no idea and I think it's a shame that older people are largely forgotten in society. Just never use real names or identifying details, and be respectful (for example, sometimes some of the less glamorous details I really want to vent about but I just save it for my husband when I get home). Some employers have very strict guidelines about this though.

It's a shame to have to say this also, but I wouldn't add any colleagues to your Facebook friends list, or if you do, block them from work-related posts. I can totally relate to your last last sentence "I thought people that went into the field of nursing must be nice but it doesn't always seem that way". Some of the negative attitudes of nursing staff actually shock me. I've seen one co-worker report another to management because she left 2 dirty coffee mugs in an elderly clients sink, it just gets that petty at times. You just have to avoid playing their game and focus on doing a good job yourself.

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trudooldoo (offline) Joined: Aug 2014 Location: Coffs Harbour Posts: 4	Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:08 pm I just started doing my work placement. I as usual write about my day to friends only on Facebook, I don't think there is anything wrong with facebook, bit like roads, I don't think its the roads, it's the drivers, alcohol, speed, fatigue. Facebook is just what people write or what they look at or pages they like. Well I wrote about my day, I said that I fed someone today, or I played guitar today, I said "there was one man that reverts back to when he was in war" I never mention any names of the people I'm talking about. Is that ok, to just say the things I'm doing? Im not saying the name of a man, Joe this resident on numeber 5 room, 10 has diabetes for example. I just mainly want to tell friends and family what I do of a day, that I have been getting up at 5:30am starting at 6:30am and finishing at 2:30 pm, and how I helped out in the kitchen. What I have noticed actually is that not all nurses are nice, I haven't came into contact to much with them, but from a distance witnessed things, I know they could be under pressure etc, but I thought people that went into the field of nursing must be nice, patient and caring, but it doesn't always seem that way.

louisa (offline) Joined: Apr 2013 Location: Posts: 5	Aug 18, 2014, 01:38 pm I think what you're doing is fine. I often share some of my experiences with my friends and on Facebook - I actually think it's good to give people an idea of what it's like to be elderly or disabled, because most people have no idea and I think it's a shame that older people are largely forgotten in society. Just never use real names or identifying details, and be respectful (for example, sometimes some of the less glamorous details I really want to vent about but I just save it for my husband when I get home). Some employers have very strict guidelines about this though. It's a shame to have to say this also, but I wouldn't add any colleagues to your Facebook friends list, or if you do, block them from work-related posts. I can totally relate to your last last sentence "I thought people that went into the field of nursing must be nice but it doesn't always seem that way". Some of the negative attitudes of nursing staff actually shock me. I've seen one co-worker report another to management because she left 2 dirty coffee mugs in an elderly clients sink, it just gets that petty at times. You just have to avoid playing their game and focus on doing a good job yourself.

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