Question

explian how a nurse could use social media to improve the health care provided to pregnant women and their families. Identify the precaustions the nurse must take to ensure that patient confidentialy and privacy are respected.

Answer 1

With growing technology and increased accessibility to internet, social media has become a popular platform to reach mass population.

Nurses can use social media to educate people about needs of pregnant women. Pregnant women need special care and nutrition for themselves as well as the growing foetus. Social media can help educate the families as well as the women about the special needs during pregnancy such as folic acid, iron and calcium supplementation, regular health checkups.

Nurses can make videos consisting of information regarding the process of pregnancy, antenatal care and safe delivery and post them on social media. Educational Cartoons and images can also be posted on social media. Nurses can write their own blogs regarding necessary care of pregnant women to enhance public awareness.

The patients confidentiality and privacy needs to be maintained by the nurses. Prior consent should be taken from patients before using their name, pictures or references anywhere on social media. Nurses should try to avoid showing faces of patients in their videos and pictures.