Naomi McVey takes a look at the up-side of social media
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To ask: (i) is it feasible to include Twitter as an assessed element of the first-year nursing curriculum; (ii) how should it be introduced and assessed; and (iii) do students think it worthwhile and learn anything from its use?
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Professional learning and development are essential parts of any career in health and social care, and leaders across both sectors want to create a culture of lifelong learning among their staff.
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Social media can improve health care; it enables learning and collaborating – and it connects people with common interests and passions who wouldn’t otherwise meet or know of each other’s existence.
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There is a need for an increased awareness among nurses of the issues that are crucial for the healthcare sector to prepare for climate change and contribute to sustainable development. However, topics about sustainability and climate change are not a requirement of nursing curricula in Europe; social media provides an opportunity to raise issues and promote discussion.
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Social media is relatively new and how it is used by nurse leaders and nurses in a digital space is under explored.
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Healthcare professionals who engage in social media face new challenges in maintaining boundaries in online platforms. The online environment has the potential to threaten and subvert these boundaries, in particular the boundary between the personal and the professional. Using DoH Guidance ‘See, Think, Act' provides a useful template for maintaining boundaries.
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Interventions to prevent youth suicide via social media could therefore represent a promising way forward. However, there is little evidence relating to the types of intervention that may be effective and few studies have examined the experiences of those using social media for suicide prevention activities. - See more at: http://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/suicide/social-media-and-suicide-prevention/#sthash.4VbcQjgX.dpuf
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This paper explores some of the difficulties, challenges and rewards for student nurses and nurse academics when harnessing social media (SoMe) as part of the overall learning experience. The paper draws upon data in the form of student voices, captured through an online planned Twitter chat.
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The wonderful thing about social media, and Twitter in particular, is that as communities grow more people become aware of them and want to join in or develop a similar thing for their own areas of interest.
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Twitter is a communication platform, and, therefore, it is a neutral medium. It’s not the medium itself, but how you use the medium that makes Twitter “good” or “bad.”
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You’ve probably heard a lot about social media, and you’re probably even already even using it.But we know that many people still feel unsure about what they can and cannot share; when to join online conversations; and what social media can be useful for – both in our home and work lives.If you have recently joined, or are thinking about joining; or even if you’re a social media pro but could do with a refresher about social media etiquette, then our new, short film is for you.
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Articles on "The role of social media in the lives of PHD students" "Leveraging social media to facilitate research & dissemination" "8 reasons why every doctoral research student should have a Twitter account" "Emerging polished in a crowded social media world"
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3 webinar recordings going through 3 stages of Twitter use "Hatching Eggs" "Being Brave" and "Building On What We Have
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Recent studies show that nurses are among the most active medical professions online, and they are frequently looking for new ways to be able to connect with their peers through social media. After Teresa Chinn (@agency Nurse) started a virtual community of nurses in public social media called ‘WeNurses’ to facilitate better communication between nurses, it began to quickly gain popularity through its Twitter account and regular virtual chats.
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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the extant literature on the effects of social media use for health related reasons on patients and their relationship with healthcare professionals.
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Background: Social media platforms are useful for creating communities, which can then be utilised as a mean for supportive, professional and social learning. Objective: To explore first year nursing student experiences with social media in supporting student transition and engagement into higher education.
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People increasingly use the Internet to find out and talk about their health issues. Through blogging and social media platforms such as Twitter, people are finding ways to express their views, share their experiences and communicate with others who have the same condition.
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As nurses we are used to putting on our 'professional hats' every time we step into practice, care for a patient or communicate with relatives and other healthcare professionals. But are we as adept at transferring this behaviour into our social media spaces?
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The world's largest social network is used by more than a third of the UK population. So how can health visitors tap into the potential of Facebook, asks Teresa Chinn.
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A great place to start using social media is Twitter, one of the most popular platforms. It can seem complex but is simple when you know the basics, as Teresa Chinn explains.
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A look at how nurses can use social media for professional purposes
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Jo Yaldren discusses the impact that Twitter has had on the nursing community, and offers tips on how nurses can use it to follow the 6Cs and influence practice
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Some health professionals may have concerns about using social media. Teresa Chinn offers tips on ensuring that your conduct online is as professional as in real life.
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Social media is relatively new and its full potential in terms of educational benefits is yet to be realised
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In the first of a new series of columns on social media, Teresa Chinn discusses why this form of communication is important and why health professionals should embrace it.
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In this article, I share my personal journey, aiming to show my fellow healthcare practitioners how these technologies might be used to inform and improve nursing practice, within urology and beyond.
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David and Teresa bust the many myths surrounding Twitter use
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Teresa Chinn reflects on leading in a social media space
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Registered Nurse Teresa Chinn, the driving force behind social media forum @WeNurses, reveals what she finds to be most inspirational about her profession
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This article describes the process, development and growth of an online community to connect nurses via Twitter using hashtags.
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Looking at how social media can benefit school nursing practice.
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This article explores the use of Facebook by Registered Nurses (RNs) in Italy and the United Kingdom (UK), focusing on the disclosure of personal and professional information
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This article evaluates the social networking site Twitter as a vehicle for recruitment in online health research and to examine how the Twitter community would share information: the focus of our study was the antenatal experience of mothers of advanced maternal age.
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Registered Nurse Teresa Chinn, who set up the hugely popular WeNurses blog and twitter sites, previews her appearance at Manchester Central on March 4
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This article explores the issues of being a health professional online from a midwifery perspective.
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In the last week I have been heartened by the discussions on Twitter revolving around community nursing......
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All is not well for nursing in the new world. The use of social media to share research, access information and build professional networks – although gaining in popularity – has been met mostly with a slow response from those in nursing and its research
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The ability to share information in these new ways has the potential to accelerate learning across professions as well as internationally; social networks have the potential to create social spaces that are not constrained by geography, time or indeed individual professions.
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Teresa Chinn RN marks day two of the CNO Conference in Birmingham with her take on a modern nursing revolution
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This paper explores the growing use of social media, and examines the current dynamics of Twitter as an example of the uptake of social media. This paper also offers practical guidance for new Twitter users who are interested in using this social media approach in clinical or educational settings, and for professional development.
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Natalie Boxall discusses how the use of social media can benefit midwives by making connections and sharing experiences.
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Why school nurses should embrace social media
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The strong consumer interface, temporality, and accessibility poise social media to be the next technological wave in health care.
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Developments in service provision and delivery have changed how and where learning disability nurses work. As a result, many of them become isolated from each other, and need opportunities to communicate and network with their colleagues. This article outlines how Twitter and other forms of social media can be used to develop a forum for discussion and peer support involving learning disability nurses, service users and other professionals working in the field.
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Teresa Chinn reflects on how courage is often needed in social media
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Social media may create opportunities for people with long-term conditions to manage their own care but health professionals must be aware of those opportunities
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The pros and cons of social media use for physicians
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This article is a report on a descriptive study of nursing identity as constructed in the Web 2.0 site YouTube.
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Why and how nurses can and should use social media (twitter).
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The use of social media and other electronic communication is expanding exponentially as the number social media outlets, platforms and applications available continue to increase.
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Social media has broadly affected medicine, perhaps most publicly by enabling increased communication with and among patients
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In recent years, the introduction of smartphones, and the ubiquity of social networking sites, such as Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter, has given learning disability nurses opportunities to form deeper relationships with their clients and debate the future of their profession. This article outlines possible professional development and consultation opportunities that could be available through these media, and suggests that cost savings can be made with little effect on the quality of outcomes.
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A paper on how use of facebook can increase social capital and the relationship with self esteem
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