International perspectives on social media guidance for nurses: a content analysis
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Aim This article reports the results of an analysis of the content of national and international professional guidance on social media for the nursing profession. The aim was to consolidate good practice examples of social media guidelines, and inform the development of comprehensive guidance. Method A scoping search of professional nursing bodies' and organisations' social media guidance documents was undertaken using google search. Results 34 guidance documents were located, and a content analysis of these was conducted. Conclusion The results, combined with a review of competency hearings and literature, indicate that guidance should cover the context of social media, and support nurses to navigate and negotiate the differences between the real and online domains to help them translate awareness into actions.
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Social media create space for self-presentation and self-promotion that has already been embraced by some health care professionals, enabling them to become microcelebrities.
“SM also creates space for self-presentation and self-promotion that has already been embraced by some HCPs, enabling them to become microcelebrities [131].”
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- Authors
- Ryan, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Derby (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Ryan, Gemma
- ORCID
- Ryan, Gemma
- Venue
- Nursing Management
- Publisher
- RCN Publishing Ltd.
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 28-35
- ISSN
- 1354-5760 (ISSN-L)
- 2047-8976
- OpenAlex
- W2557640562
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- oro.open.ac.uk
- Locations
- Nursing Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Online (The Open University) (acceptedVersion)
- Open Research Online (The Open University) (submittedVersion)
- University of Derby Online Research Archive. (University of Derby) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Leadership and Management › Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Keywords
- social media, professional guidance, professional conduct, online professional identity, professional boundaries, nursing organizations, best practices
- MeSH terms
- Nursing, Guidelines as Topic, Internationality, Social Media
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