Healthcare IT Today April 17, 2024
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The following is a guest article by Alexandra V. Aglieco, APRN, FNP-BC

What compels established, well-respected healthcare professionals to post insensitive, ridiculing content on social media with no regard for the patient or family? Do they see a unique opportunity for exponential TikTok views, and subsequently disregarded professional standards?

Social media has successfully infiltrated nearly every industry, and healthcare is no exception. New forms of social media, such as TikTok, have opened the floodgates to an entirely new manner of healthcare professional conduct online, with an attitude that is much more open to sharing with the masses. “NurseTok” is a specific category of videos on the app; a preexisting niche providing a way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to...

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