title: Nurses and Twitter: the good, the bad, and the reluctant.
abstract: Nurses and other health professionals are adopting social media to network with health care professionals and organizations, support health education, deliver health promotion messages, enhance professional development and employment opportunities, and communicate within political forums. This paper explores the growing use of social media, and examines the current dynamics of Twitter as an example of the uptake of social media. This paper also offers practical guidance for new Twitter users who are interested in using this social media approach in clinical or educational settings, and for professional development.
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranse
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cashin
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013685:Telecommunications