In today's world of technology, nearly every piece of information we look for is available at our fingertips. Google is our new best friend. But how does this help nurses? Does it help at all? Is it advantageous or is it disadvantageous? I will show that while technology can be seen to have both advantageous and disadvantageous elements to it, overall the advantages would by far outweigh the disadvantages and that nurses should be encouraged to fully embrace this technological world within responsible guidelines. A major disadvantage found to the availability of technology to nurses is that of distraction, (nursing management, 2013), a device may sound or vibrate while the nurse is attending to a task and the sound/vibration of that technological device has the potential to deviate the attention of the nurse to the task at hand, this distraction may affect the medication that is being administered, the wrong dose of medication being administered or a general lack of attention to the duty at hand. The effects of such mistakes to the patient and their families could be devastating and certainly has the potential to be fatal. However there are positive advantages to the use of social media in nursing, immediate access to other colleagues both locally and internationally, instant access to information and the ability to send photographs of wounds for wound management advice, which would be particularly useful for nurses who are employed in rural areas of Australia or on communities where access to medical knowledge is limited (Nursing Management, 2013). While there is currently no legislation in regards to the use of social media by nurses, The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia do have an information sheet on the use of such media, seeing it covered by the following; "The Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in Australia" (2008), and "The Code for Professional Conduct for Midwives in Australia" (2008), states three conduct stat