Preparation for Working in a Knowledge-Based Society: New Zealand Student Nurses’ Use of Social Media


This article by Honey and Raphael (2017) who investigated the use of social media use by undergraduate nurses corroborates the evidence discussed in last week’s blog about social media use of health profession students in Tasmania, Australia. The New Zealand study used a similar methodology to explore nursing students use of social media for study and personal use. These authors targeted one nursing school and had a high response rate (75%). They found 99% of students use social media although some (4%) did not use social media at all. Similarly to the Australian study students reported using professional networking sites less than they did for study purposes. They also reported using social media for collaboration, networking and information-sharing. The implications of this study further conform that curriculum development to incorporate the use of social media in health profession courses is here.  Additionally, the need for preparation of host supervisors in healthcare environments to be digitally proficient and able to model digital professionalism is now essential.

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