Twitter: Consider the Possibilities for Continuing Nursing Education

Abstract

Staying connected virtually has become a mainstay of modern American culture. Twitter has become the "front porch" of the 21st century. This column explores this growing social media tool and its use in health care and education.

Social Media and Nurse Education: An Integrative Review of the Literature

“…The most used instruments among teachers from both types of schools, although with different percentages, were blogs, wikis, video casts and podcasts. Bristol (2010) states that staying connected virtually is now a mainstay of modern culture. According to Skiba [26], information is not only transmitted but is also exchanged, new knowledge is generated, interaction between people is continuous and new relationship networks are built.…”

“…The use of social media as a training tool in nursing education is recommended to support clinical learning, communication, connection, exchange and partnerships [22][23][24][26][27][28][31][32][33]. Some authors have already evaluated and demonstrated this [25,29,30].…”

“…In addition to clinical, educational and organisational skills, educators should also be capable of facilitating the acquisition and development of communication skills to ensure professional, appropriate and effective communication, since more and more people are gaining access to and interacting on the Internet. Given the potential of social media, Casella et al [33] emphasize the importance of assessing whether they should be employed as communication tools at all stages of the nursing process and, more generally, in the patient care process. This would further improve communication between patients and professionals.…”

“…Social media and nursing practice: Changing the balance between the social and technical aspects of work [33] Australia The paper begins its discussion of the issue with an introduction on the development of social media, the changes they have brought to communication and the need for nurses to consider using them in their activities, in order to take advantage of their potential. The work focuses on the various ways of incorporating social media into all phases of the nursing process.…”

Evaluering av nettstøttet videreutdanning i sår for sykepleiere

“…Alle studentene hadde tilgang til epostadresser via den digitale laereplattformen, men analyser av studentenes utbytte av mailutvekslingen inngår ikke i denne studien. Nettbaserte samarbeid kan innebaere at studentene bruker e-post og epostlister som verktøy (21), og nye sosiale medier som twitter og facebook (22).…”