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Teaching nursing students about terminating professional relationships, boundaries, and social media

Ashton, Kathleen S.·2016·Nurse Education Today
DOI 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.11.007
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Nurse educators should teach students about the nature of the nurse-patient relationship, which is a professional relationship and different from other relationships they have. In addition to teaching students how to establish relationships with their patients, nurse educators should also teach students about terminating relationships with patients. Without this professional guidance, nursing students may be tempted to use social media to maintain a relationship with patients. This may inadvertently lead to professional boundary violations, causing harm to patients and problems for nursing students or nurses.

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Authors
Ashton, K. S.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
Corresponding author
Ashton, Kathleen S.
Venue
Nurse Education Today
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-02
Volume
37
Pages
170-172
ISSN
0260-6917 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.nedt.2015.11.007
OpenAlex
W2218188706
Cited by
22
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4
FWCI
2.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Nurse Education Today (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Ethics in medical practice
Keywords
nurse-patient relationship, professional boundaries, social media, boundary violations, nursing students, professional conduct, nursing education
MeSH terms
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Ethics, Nursing, Faculty, Nursing, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Nurse-Patient Relations, Students, Nursing, Nursing Education Research, Social Media

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