title: Engaging Learners With Social Media.
abstract: Can social media be used to promote learning? This article includes an overview of social networking sites with specific examples of how nursing professional development practitioners might use each for professional development activities.
authors.affiliation: Jobeth Pilcher, EdD, RN-BC, is NPD Specialist, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas, and Part-Time Faculty, School of Education, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mary Harper, PhD, RN-BC, is Director of Nursing Professional Development, Association for Nursing Professional Development, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Jobeth
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilcher
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D061108:Social Media; D060756:Social Networking; D013192:Staff Development