Social Media and the Nursing Profession Technology is one of the notable pilla
Social Media and the Nursing Profession
Technology is one of the notable pillars helping many nations all over the world achieve great growth and development over the recent decades. The contemporary society has also been regarded as the digital generation owing to the technological developments that have swiftly been taking place. The information sector is one of the many beneficiaries of these developments. Through social media platforms such as Instagram Twitter Whatsapp You tube and Facebook people create virtual communities and networks. Eventually people can share ideas videos and pictures among other essential information without necessarily having a physical meet up. Like many other careers the nursing profession requires building up of a good and cordial relationship between healthcare service providers and recipients. Information sharing is pertinent towards achieving best practice in the healthcare. The social media platform has been widely used in the implementation of this objective and its continued use in healthcare sector among the nurses has offered many contributions towards achieving greater success. However there are downfalls culminating from the massive use of the social media in the health sector cannot be ignored. It is on this basis that the following discussion aims at unraveling the advantages and disadvantages of using this medium in healthcare. Please insert 3-4 intext references in the introduction
Firstly the social media creates a platform for new friends meet ups and reconnection with long time friends and acquaintances at the local national and international level (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 2010 p. 1). Although there might be only a limited number of the known social networks there are many others being developed on a daily basis and they keep on popping up in most of the websites. Such media helps people in creating new beneficial friends and also establishing business relations. These new link ups may help a newly Registered Nurse in finding a new job since they help them to meet up with potential employers and also other professional contemporaries (Leiker 2011 p. 237). The virtual communities created through these social networks are comparable of other physical meet up groups such as in the church and other social gatherings where people can meet and share information and new updates. (need reference)