The nursing student was so excited about her first day of clinical on the maternity unit at the hospital and wanted to tell her friends on social media about her experience, so she posted information about her client. She posted the following:
"Today I cared for one of my neighbors who had a baby girl, so adorable, weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces, and mom has a huge episiotomy-ouch!" One of the other nursing students saw the post and informed the instructor. The student quickly removed the post and blocked everyone from seeing the site. The nursing instructor confronted the student about the event. Which statement demonstrates personal accountability?
A) "I can show you what I posted, and I meant nothing by it and when the other student told me that I should not post anything about clients because people reading the site may figure out who the person is, I quickly removed the post and shut the social site down; I will never post or talk about anything at clinical again."
B) "I don't agree that there is anything wrong with posting items when there is no name mentioned or the name of the hospital, and our school has clinical at several area hospitals, and my neighborhood has at least four mothers who delivered that day, but since the other student made a big deal out of it, I removed it and shut down the social site; do you want to see the post?"
C) "I never posted anything about my clinical because I know there is a rule against such action, and I don't even have a social media site; I don't know what you heard, but I believe someone is jealous and trying to frame me because I am a great nursing student and love my clients and what I do."
D) "I am so sorry, and I did not know it was wrong to post anything, but the other student showed me the policy our school has on social media, and I quickly removed the post and shut down the social site, but I believe it is wrong for the other student to go to you instead of just me because I handled the situation, so she needs to learn about accountability."
Ans: A
Feedback:
The nursing student demonstrates personal accountability when, as soon as she found out she had made a mistake, she shut down the site and removed the post, and she admitted what she did to her clinical instructor and stated she had learned from the incident and will safeguard client information in the future. The student should not argue that she did not do anything wrong. This shows the student does not want to take personal accountability for her actions, which is unethical behavior. The nursing student should not lie and cover her tracks to try to prevent suffering possible consequences for her actions. This is also unethical. The student should not try to project the blame unto the student who confronted her about the post, which is also unethical behavior.
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