nursing

( Social Media for Nurses )

( Objectives Locate, evaluate, and share nursing informatics websites, blogs, forums, or social media platforms Create social media workplace guidelines for nurses )

( Overview Social networking (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn); 2. Blogging (http://thehealthcareblog.com) and wikis (http://wikidoc.org); 3. Microblogging (e.g., Twitter); 4. Social bookmarking or pinning (e.g., Pinterest) and social sharing news (Digg, Reddit); and 5. Video or image sharing (e.g., YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat ). During this activity you will be asked to find sites that are personally and professionally relevant to you . The purpose of this activity is to locate , evaluate, and share nursing informatics w ebsites, blogs, forums, or social media platforms . These sites can be great tools for networking, informal learning, sharing relevant information, keeping informed, etc. )

Part I: Nursing Informatics

Locate a Nursing Informatics blog, website, forum, or social media platform. or a Nurse to follow online. The nurse should hold some type of a role in informatics.

Examples: nurse informaticist nursing informatics clinician, clinical informatics coordinator and IT clinical nurse

Provide a link to a personal or professional Nursing informatics social media platform, blog, website, or forum.	Describe the site. What types of information does it provide? How frequently is it updated? What is the purpose of the site?	Would you recommend this site to fellow nursing learners/peers? Why or why not?

Part II: Wellness

Locate a Wellness website, blog, social media platform, or forum. As you examine the site, consider whether you’d recommend this site to a fellow peer.

8 Dimensions of Wellness include:

· Emotional

· Spiritual

· Physical

· Social

· Occupational

· Financial

· Intellectual

· Environmental

Provide a link to a personal or professional Nursing informatics social media platform, blog, website, or forum that promotes wellness.	Describe the site. What types of information does it provide? How frequently is it updated? What is the purpose of the site?	Would you recommend this site to fellow nursing learners/peers? Why or why not?

Part III: Nursing Learner Success

Locate a website, blog, social media platform, or forum that supports nursing learner success.

Examples: NCLEX prep, nursing study tools, nursing skills development.

Provide a link to a personal or professional Nursing informatics social media platform, blog, website, or forum that supports nursing learner success.	Describe the site. What types of information does it provide? How frequently is it updated? What is the purpose of the site?	Would you recommend this site to fellow nursing learners/peers? Why or why not?

Part IV: Nursing Inspiration/Joy

Locate a website, blog, social media platform, or forum that provides nursing inspiration/joy.

There a several ways to remain resilient during times of high stress and burnout: 1. reconnect with your purpose, 2. encouragement/inspiration, 3. humor/levity

Provide a link to a personal or professional Nursing informatics social media platform, blog, website, or forum that provides nurses/ nursing learners with inspiration/joy	Describe the site. What types of information does it provide? How frequently is it updated? What is the purpose of the site?	Would you recommend this site to fellow nursing learners/peers? Why or why not?

Part V: Social Media Policy

You’ve been asked to write social media guidelines for the nurses within your healthcare facility. Provide a bulleted list of Do’s & Don’ts.

Do	Do Not
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