A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Nurses Guidelines for Using Social Media by Finnish Nurses Association




AuthorsArifulla D, Olli J, Merasto M

PublisherI O S PRESS, PO BOX 10558, BURKE, VA 22009-0558 USA

Publication year2016

JournalStudies in Health Technology and Informatics

Journal name in sourceNURSING INFORMATICS 2016: EHEALTH FOR ALL: EVERY LEVEL COLLABORATION - FROM PROJECT TO REALIZATION

Journal acronymSTUD HEALTH TECHNOL

Volume225

First page 617

Last page618

Number of pages2

ISBN978-1-61499-657-6

ISSN0926-9630

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-617(external)


Abstract
To encourage the use of social media, Finnish Nurses Association worked on social media guidelines. The aim was to strengthen the use of social media as a tool for nurses for sharing of professional knowledge as well as the acquisition of knowledge in their free time and in the work field. Guidelines were based on Nurses Ethical Guidelines and was supplemented by literature review. To enforce the guidelines into action, was nursing twitter chat, #HOIchat, started. In addition, yearly held Finnish Nurses conference had a workshop where anybody could come for detailed information of social media tools and platforms as well as personal lessons how to get started and how to use various social media tools in everyday nursing.



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