Summary
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.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 04, 2013
Accepted:
September 30,
2013
Received in revised form:
September 24,
2013
Received:
April 22,
2013
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© 2013 Australian College of Nursing Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
