Twitter, Millennials, and Nursing Education Research

Living as a nursing college students in Korea

“…It can be seemed very different but there were common sense as it indicated in two studies, that would emphasize the need for this plan like overcoming the difficulties through vivid method. According to the study of Stephens TM [11], the social media in nursing research and education can be increase the faculty-student engagement, promote critical reflection, provide social support, reinforce course content, and increase the sense of community. In other words the use of Twitter as an intervention delivery method in a multisite experimental nursing education.…”

Caring for Patients of the Millennial Generation: Considerations for Nurses

“…Millennials are digital natives who have grown up using computers and the Internet. They have been characterized as being technologically savvy and having a preference for social media networking (Stephens & Gunther, ). The Millennials use these services for every part of their lives, from banking to education, entertainment, and personal and social needs.…”

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

“…There is no doubt collaborative learning and an emphasis on engagement with subject matter is essential in nursing education3: student engagement is ‘positively correlated with student achievement’ (p 326). Stephens and Gunther4 note that in order to ‘meet the generational needs [of the] millennial student and to engage that student in learning, it is imperative for the educator to adapt teaching and learning methods that will optimise the probability of success’. Millennial students are said to prefer teaching that is ‘fast, relative and succinct’ (p 183) 5.…”