Pam is a social worker who has been working in a hospital. One of her patients, Julie, asks Pam if she will be her Facebook “friend.” Pam says she cannot because this is against her professional code of ethics. Julie gets very emotional and states, “Well, I think you just don’t really care about me. After all, I am Facebook ‘friends’ with several of the nurses.” What should Pam do?
a. Go ahead and be Facebook “friends”
b. Explain that the code of ethics is not the same for all healthcare professions
c. Tell the nursing staff that they are behaving unethically
d. Report the nurses to the hospital administration
Ans: b
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