A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol

Abstract

The mixed study systematic review will produce the first rigorous synthesis on the use of social media in nursing and midwifery education and will have important implications for educators as well as students. It will also highlight knowledge gaps and make recommendations on the use of this novel technology in higher and continuing education.

Social media in nursing and midwifery education: A mixed study systematic review

“…Given the widespread use of SNSs, a systematic review is needed to support future education, research, practice, and policy. Therefore, this review focuses on SNS based applications, as they have more complex functionality that has been suggested to be more sensitive in influencing learning (O'Connor et al., ).…”

Use of social media to support student nurses: an EBN Twitter chat led by Daniel Gooding and Alison Twycross

“…However, regulators, organisations and professional bodies have begun to develop social media guidelines (eg, the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council 2015)8 and this can promote safe professional use. In the UK, new standards for education require programmes to ensure their students are supported to be demonstrate digital and technological skills and increasingly social media is being used as an integrated course component to achieve this 9. Use of social media as part of education, use by organisations and guidelines should all serve to reduce students’ fear.…”

Using technology to support the social and emotional well‐being of nurses: A scoping review protocol

“…Although previous work has systematically synthesized evidence on the use of technology to support nurses from educational and learning based perspectives (O'Connor et al, 2017), no literature review has yet been published on the use of technology to give emotional and social support. Although previous work has systematically synthesized evidence on the use of technology to support nurses from educational and learning based perspectives (O'Connor et al, 2017), no literature review has yet been published on the use of technology to give emotional and social support.…”

“…Despite evidence suggesting that technology can be used internationally as an effective and affordable means of increasing well-being for a variety of groups, the provision of such support for nurses remains an under-researched area. Although previous work has systematically synthesized evidence on the use of technology to support nurses from educational and learning based perspectives (O'Connor et al, 2017), no literature review has yet been published on the use of technology to give emotional and social support. Nurses often work in psychologically and physically demanding environments where they are frequently socially isolated from their peers (NHS Health Education England, 2014;Rudman & Gustavsson, 2011).…”

“…Previous systematic literature reviews have synthesized evidence on the use of technology to support nurses in educational contexts(O'Connor et al, 2017), but so far there exists no published scoping or systematic review on the use of technology to support nurses from emotional and social perspectives. Recent studies have demonstrated that peer and social support are successful ways of supporting nursing staff (Noguchi-Watanabe,Yamamoto-Mitani, & Takai, 2016;Paulson, Casile, & Jones, 2015;Tower, Blacklock, Watson, Heffernan, & Tronoff, 2015) but healthcare organizations are still cautious about the use of social media in nursing(Bassell, 2010;Duke et al, 2017).…”