Internet and Social Media Safety

Digital technology is now embedded in childhood from infancy. Canadian children spend an average of 6+ hours per day on screens by adolescence. The benefits (education, connection, creativity) coexist with risks (mental health impacts, predation, cyberbullying, addiction). Nurses at every well-child visit have an opportunity to provide age-appropriate digital safety guidance. For the REx-PN exam, internet safety questions are primarily tested in the context of: (1) screen time guidelines by age; (2) cyberbullying recognition and mental health impacts; and (3) the legal status of sexting in Canada. On the exam, writers often pair stable-sounding options with unstable data—notice the mismatch before you commit. If the stem names a license or role, reread that line; scope errors are classic trap answers even when the clinical topic is familiar. Run a 60-second scan: breathing work and oxygenation, perfusion and end organs, neuro baseline, likely infection sources, and devices that can fail quietly. When two answers feel partly right, pick the one that reduces imminent harm and matches orders for the role you were given. Train yourself to state the primary risk in...