Social Media Policy

Classroom Conduct

The physical and virtual classroom is for learning. Students are expected to respect their peers and to participate in classroom discussions. Talking which occurs between

students, working or engaging in other activities during learning activities is

unacceptable. It is distracting to the instructor and may prevent interested students from gaining needed material. Students are asked to refrain from behavior that may be interpreted by the instructor as disruptive and/or unprofessional. Hopefully, such a problem will not arise. In the event that it should, appropriate action will be taken.

Social Media Policy

The use of social media is prohibited in campus classroom, labs, and clinical. In addition, students are prohibited from use of any patient/client, clinical agency, or DCC information, data, or images in any social media. Even if an individual is not identified by name within the information you wish to use or disclose, if there is a reasonable basis to believe that the person could still be identified from that information, then its use or disclosure could constitute a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Be advised, patients can be identified by others simply by identifying a patient’s history and present illness. Students may also be in violation of the policies of Danville Community College, the Nursing Program and any clinical sites.

Students are never permitted to photograph patients or patient information and cameras are not permitted in any patient care areas where a student is assigned to clinical.

Social media includes but is not limited to blogs, podcasts, discussion forums, on-line collaborative information and publishing systems that are accessible to internal and external audiences (i.e., Wikis), RSS feeds, video sharing, and social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any social media application. Students are required to maintain confidentiality and privacy laws. Information published on social networking sites should comply with Danville Community College, the Nursing Program and any clinical facilities’ confidentiality and disclosure data policies.

Failure to abide by policy and laws may result in termination from the program, and/ or legal liability. The AAS Nursing Program subscribes to NCSBN and VBON guidance regarding social media. Students are responsible to review and follow information in both links provided: https://www.ncsbn.org/NCSBN_SocialMedia.pdf NCSBN https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/nursing/guidelines/90-48_SocialMedia.doc VBON

Be respectful to Danville Community College, the faculty and staff, other students, employees of all clinical sites, any partners and competitors.

Do not reference Danville Community College faculty or any clinical facility employees, partners or competitors without their expressed consent.