TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses and Twitter: The good, the bad, and the reluctant
AU - Wilson, Rhonda
AU - RANSE, Jamie
AU - Cashin, Andrew
AU - McNamara, Paul
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Nurses and other health professionals are adopting social media to network with health care professionals and organizations, support health education, deliver health promotion messages, enhance professional development and employment opportunities, and communicate within political forums. 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.
AB - Nurses and other health professionals are adopting social media to network with health care professionals and organizations, support health education, deliver health promotion messages, enhance professional development and employment opportunities, and communicate within political forums. 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.
KW - Health professionals
KW - Nurses
KW - Social media
KW - Twitter
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902104653&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/nurses-twitter-good-bad-reluctant
U2 - 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.colegn.2013.09.003
M3 - Article
SN - 1322-7696
VL - 21
SP - 111
EP - 119
JO - Collegian
JF - Collegian
IS - 2
ER -