Social Media's Negative Effects On Nurses

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Social media and technology are inevitable from human lives. The shows in the media are made to make profit. So, a lot of TV shown is made to entertain not to educate. “Many medical dramas depict doctors doing nursing work, including starting IVs and providing bedside care at all hours. Nurses have been portrayed as handmaidens, angels, naughty nurses, and crusty battle-axes” (Muehlbauer, 2012). Nurses are the one who provide 24 hour patient care. Doctors are in patient room for five minutes or less unless complex situations. Nursing related TV shows like Nurse Jackie-shows the bad characteristics of the nurses which negatively influence the public’s image of nursing. The show shows that Nurse Jackie is sleeping around with pharmacists and