Social Media in Nursing Education: Responsible Integration for Meaningful Use
Abstract
The astonishing popularity of social media and its emergence into the academic arena has shown tremendous potential for innovations in teaching. The appeal of using social media in the learning environment is enhanced by accessibility and affordability. However, it has also broadened the scope of consideration for protecting student privacy. This article explores the legal impact of privacy concerns when social media is used as a teaching tool. Institutions of higher learning must formulate guidelines that will govern appropriate social media use so that novel teaching modalities can be safely explored. Students must be educated by faculty regarding the standards of conduct and privacy considerations related to social media. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has issued the White Paper: A Nurse’s Guide to the Use of Social Media , a must-read for nursing faculty in the current academic arena. [ J Nurs Educ. 2014;53(3):164–169.]
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There is more awareness of online responsibilities as students progress through their program because employers can and at times do use social media profiles to make hiring decisions.
“In addition, it has been reported that there is more awareness of online responsibilities as students progress through their program because employers can, and at times do, use SM profiles to make hiring decisions [56,137].”
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Information available on social media has already been used for admissions to medical or nursing programs, selection for residence, or employment for over 8 years.
“Information available on SM has been already used regarding admissions to medical or nursing programs, selection for residence, or employment for over 8 years [137,138].”
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Resilience of political leaders and healthcare organizations during COVID-19
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“Privacy concerns are also important, as sharing personal or patient information can lead to breaches of confidentiality and professional conduct [11].”
BackgroundEngaging Learners With Social Media
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“Similarly, some institutions may be wary of using social networking because of Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act concerns (Peck, 2014).”
BackgroundSocial Media Marketing Developments in Private Hospitals in Bangkok
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Evaluation of the self-eye examination method for health promotion
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“In this regard, the effective ocular health promotion involves a combination of a few components, namely, guided education for adoption of prevention measures, health service improvements, and a greater accessibility and expansion of public prevention policies on ocular disorders(15).”
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Using Social Media for Effective Health Care Service Delivery: Bibliometrics and Sociometry
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“(13) The use of social media has the risk of reducing patient privacy and confidentiality, so a guideline is needed in its use, as conveyed by Peck J, social media in nursing education: responsible integration for meaningful use (14).”
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Transformation in Health: Social Media Physician in Türkiye
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Relacje pielęgniarka–pacjent w kontekście mediów społecznościowych
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Social Media and Health Communication
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Social Media Analytics for Health Care
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- Authors
- Peck, J. L.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
- Corresponding author
- Peck, Jessica L.
- ORCID
- Peck, Jessica L.
- Venue
- Journal of Nursing Education
- Publisher
- SLACK, Inc.
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 164-169
- ISSN
- 0148-4834 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2421
- OpenAlex
- W2064880775
- Cited by
- 142
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 9.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Nursing Education (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Technology in Learning
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- social media, nursing education, student privacy, privacy law, nursing faculty, standards of conduct, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, online learning
- MeSH terms
- Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Ethics, Nursing, Humans, Students, Nursing, Teaching, Nursing Education Research, Nursing Evaluation Research, Nursing Methodology Research, Privacy, Social Media, Meaningful Use
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