Nurses and Twitter: The good, the bad, and the reluctant

Wilson, Rhonda; Ranse, Jamie; Cashin, Andrew; McNamara, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2013.09.003

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“…LinkedIn is a popular social media platform which is used for professional networking (Wilson, et al, 2013). A small percentage of final year students (11%; n= 50) reported using LinkedIn.…”

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“…For example, community and web based resources can be accessed by following specific hash tags on topics or trends of interest, such as postnatal depression (#PND). By following hash tags, health professionals can track worldwide conversations on a given subject, leading to better understandings and wider perspectives (Wilson, Ranse, Cashin, & McNamara, 2013). Twitter is also used by health professionals to connect with patients and monitor ongoing health matters, such as youths' diabetes management (Larkin, 2011), cardiovascular health promotion (Redfern et al, 2013) and reschedualling appointments (Thielst, 2011b).…”

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Australian health professions student use of social media

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Increased bandwidth, broadband network availability and improved functionality have enhanced the accessibility and attractiveness of social media. The use of the internet by higher education students has markedly increased. Social media are already used widely across the health sector but little is currently known of the use of social media by health profession students in Australia. A cross-sectional study was undertaken to explore health profession students' use of social media and their media preferences for sourcing information. An electronic survey was made available to health profession students at ten participating universities across most Australian states and territories. Respondents were 637 first year students and 451 final year students. The results for first and final year health profession students indicate that online media is the preferred source of information with only 20% of students nominating traditional peer-reviewed journals as a preferred information source. In addition, the results indicate that Facebook® usage was high among all students while use of other types of social media such as Twitter® remains comparatively low.As health profession students engage regularly with social media, and this use is likely to grow rather than diminish, educational institutions are challenged to consider the use of social media as a validated platform for learning and teaching.

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“…Similarly, telenursing such as in [22,25] is used for collaboration between healthcare providers in treating remote patients. Different computer applications and communication networks such as [23,24,27,30,[33][34][35] are used for collaboration and information sharing.…”

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“…A descriptive study [33] conducted in 2013 in Australia describes the use of Twitter and its role in developing a professional digital health network. The study highlights the benefits of social media and provides guidance for those who have been reluctant to use social media.…”

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The Use of Networking in Nursing Practice —An Integrative Review

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Networking provides access to countless opportunities for nurses and patients and allows them to communicate, interact and collaborate with each other in order to enhance nursing care practice and improve health. The ubiquity of information and communication technologies have the potential to improve access to both health information and services in health care. The authors aim for this study is to investigate the role of networking tools in shaping and improving nursing care practices. An integrative review was conducted and electronic databases of PubMed, Cochrane, Science Direct and ACM Digital Library were searched for studies published between 1985 and 2015. Sixteen articles, based on the use of networking tools in nursing care practice, were included in the review. Data synthesis consists of writing descriptive summaries and thematic analysis of the key findings in the included articles. Different networking tools are currently used by nursing professionals for patient's safety and well-being. These include information technology, telehealth nursing, IT and networking applications, social media networks, miscellaneous interaction networks, internet as a source of information and communication networks. Networking assist healthcare professionals with completing their daily tasks such as teaching patients, monitoring their health, tracking their blood pressure and much more. A variety of networking tools are available for managing chronic disease, diet, and lifestyle choices of patients. However, privacy, security and reliability of exchanged information is extremely important in improving the quality of patient care.

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“…8,9 However, other social media research has been conducted that has implications for the profession and the patient-practitioner relationship. Much of this research has highlighted instances where healthcare professionals' social media activities and their content may be damaging the social contract that exists between society and health professionals, [10][11][12][13][14][15] such as having an online relationship with patients, 16 breaching regarding this rapidly changing dimension to contemporary professional practice?…”

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Social media and professionalism

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Nurses and Twitter: The good, the bad, and the reluctant

Cited by 31 publications

References 17 publications

Australian health professions student use of social media

Australian health professions student use of social media

The Use of Networking in Nursing Practice —An Integrative Review

Social media and professionalism

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