Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Ercole Vellone

Publications

• Research Article
  Social Media and Nurse Education: An Integrative Review of the Literature
  Author(s): Cristina Arrigoni, Rosaria Alvaro, Ercole Vellone and Marina VanzettaCristina Arrigoni, Rosaria Alvaro, Ercole Vellone and Marina Vanzetta
  
  The exponential advance of social media has touched all areas of society, not least the professional and personal lives of health care professionals. The issue to be considered is not whether or not social media are being used, but how they are used. The line between proper and improper use, and even abuse, of social media is a fine one. Thus, the key issue is to be aware of the tool that is being used and this should be supported with suitable training for health care professionals and, at an even earlier stage, for students at health care training institutions during their studies. To describe the use of social media by teachers and students on training courses through an integrative review of the literature. An integrative review of the literature was conducted in October 2014. The literature search was conducted by consulting the main biomedical databases: PubMed, CINAHL and Embas.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000290

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