Case 14 Social Networking Gone Wrong Young Doctor Local Community Hospital Upset Loss Hosp Q28960051
Case 14-A: Social Networking Gone Wrong A young doctor at a local community hospital was upset their loss of hospital privileges for six months, during by content posted by other doctors, nurses, and interns which time they were to work in the local poverty health on a popular social networking site. These doctors and center. They were also to participate in extensive sens nurses discussed their work, including specific cases they ivity training programs. The hospital administration had. Their postings included derogatory comments and accepted the recommendations and presented them to the slurs about the economically disadvantaged, mentally dis- doctors and nurses. turbed, and homosexual clients they treated on a regular basis. They also commented that the upper-class citizenry the stipulation that after completing the six-month they and politicians of the city deigned not to use the services were to return to full hospital status. The expectation of of the hospital, preferring instead to go to a large privately hospital administration was that the doctors and nurses owned hospital outside of town. Photos of these doc would be committed to moving ahead and working to get tors and nurses on their pages showed them in hospital the incident behind them, while the hospital would work uniforms with the logo and name of the hospital clearly to improve relationships with the community visible. The doctors and nurses accepted their discipline with The young doctor who was upset by the materia RESPONDING TO THE CASE viewable on the website reported it to his supervising phy 14-14. Was it appropriate for hospital administration to sician. The supervisor worked with hospital administra tion to pursue the complaints. The hospital made sure to work with the Amendment rights of the doctors and nurses involved. discipline the doctors and nurses for behavior that occurred outside the hospital environment? Why or why not city’s legal department to respect the First 14-15. If you were the supervisor who received the infor- hospital review board met behind closed doors to examine the complaint and the behavior of the doctors and nurses to recommend discipline in the matter. mation regarding the social networking site post ings, what would your reaction have been? Ultimately, the review board recommended wrtten 14-16. Was this case an example of effective discipline? censure of the doctors and nurses involved along with Why or why not? Show transcribed image text
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