Home Health & Hospice Week

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Facebook Posts Lead To Nurse Suspension, Firing

Is getting fired for Facebook comments the least that can happen to employees? One nurse in Wales is finding that out. In 2011, nurse Allison Marie Hopton was fired by Ty Hafan hospice over Facebook posts, re-ports the BBC. Hopton’s profile page stated that she was a nurse at Ty Hafan and comments on her wall were accessible to the [...]
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