Social Networking Policies in Nursing Education
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Abstract
Social networking use has increased exponentially in the past few years. A literature review related to social networking and nursing revealed a research gap between nursing practice and education. Although there was information available on the appropriate use of social networking sites, there was limited research on the use of social networking policies within nursing education. The purpose of this study was to identify current use of social media by faculty and students and a need for policies within nursing education at one institution. A survey was developed and administered to nursing students (n = 273) and nursing faculty (n = 33). Inferential statistics included χ², Fisher exact test, t test, and General Linear Model. Cronbach's α was used to assess internal consistency of social media scales. The χ² result indicates that there were associations with the group and several social media items. t Test results indicate significant differences between student and faculty for average of policies are good (P = .0127), policies and discipline (P = .0315), and policy at the study school (P = .0013). General Linear Model analyses revealed significant differences for "friend" a patient with a bond, unprofessional posts, policy, and nursing with class level. Results showed that students and faculty supported the development of a social networking policy.
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Publication Info
Published in Computers, Informatics, Nursing : CIN, Volume 32, Issue 3, 2014, pages 110-117.
APA Citation
FRAZIER, B., CULLEY, J. M., HEIN, L. C., WILLIAMS, A., & TAVAKOLI, A. S. (2014). Social Networking Policies in Nursing Education. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 32(3), 110–117.https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000030
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