The associations between peer caring behaviors and social support to nurse students' caring perceptions

Nursing students' engagement with social media as an extracurricular activity: An integrative review

“…Many students reported that engagement with social media helped to promote and support their formal and informal learning (AlSaqri et al., 2016; Duke et al., 2017; Mather et al., 2016; Quansah et al., 2016). Students engaged with social media for educational reasons, such as discussing academic‐related issues with their peers or faculty staff (Al‐Shdayfat, 2018; Duke et al., 2017; Ferguson et al., 2016; Pimmer et al., 2018; Sadd, 2019; Warshawski et al., 2018, 2019). Social media facilitated students' nursing studies by providing features that enhanced cooperative learning, for example creating assignment groups and receiving updates related to their studies (AlSaqri et al., 2016; Ferguson et al., 2016).…”

“…Students reported that they sought social support when they felt frustrated or stressed by their nursing studies, including examinations (Ferguson et al., 2016); when they needed encouragement to continue their nursing studies (Alharbi et al., 2019); when they needed to reduce the feeling of isolation from the wider nursing community (Pimmer et al., 2018); and when they looked for solutions to a particular problem (Quansah et al., 2016). Furthermore, social media helped to support first‐year nursing students to engage in their studies and answer their queries (Ferguson et al., 2016; Sadd, 2019; Warshawski et al., 2018). One of social media's pivotal features is that information can be exchanged among users faster compared to other methods of communication, such as email.…”

“…The students were not only engaged in social media for their own reasons, but also to benefit the wider society through sharing their experiences as nursing students. Some students shared their clinical experiences via social media to inform other students of what they learned and practiced at different stages of their nursing studies (Alharbi et al., 2019; Nyangeni et al., 2015; Warshawski et al., 2018). Other students shared information related to nursing on social media platforms to educate society about the importance of the nursing profession (Alharbi et al., 2019; Nyangeni et al., 2015).…”

Practices of caring for nursing students: A clinical learning environment

“…Within this study, the clinical facilitators and the caring roles they played were frequently mentioned by participants and as mentioned by Muthathi, Thurling & Armstrong [ 33 ], the clinical facilitator plays an essential role in supporting, teaching and guiding the student. Peers are also important initiators of emotional support to fellow nursing students during their clinical practice and a channel whereby caring relationships can be experienced [ 34 ].…”

Building resilience in contemporary nursing practice

“…This lack of support often leaves nurses in crisis and unable to recover sufficiently to return to everyday professional practice. A sad indictment when caring is considered a fundamental aspect of nursing (Warshawski et al, 2018).…”