Social media and nursing practice: changing the balance between the social and technical aspects of work

Casella, Evan, Mills, Jane, and Usher, Kim (2014) Social media and nursing practice: changing the balance between the social and technical aspects of work. Collegian, 21 (2). pp. 121-126.

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Abstract

Modern communication methods are drastically changing the way people interact with each other. Professions such as nursing need to evolve to remain relevant as social infrastructure changes. In the 1960s, researchers developed a sociotechnical theory that stated workers were more motivated and productive if there was a good balance between the social and technical aspects of their work. Today's technology is blurring the boundaries between the social and the technical thereby transforming human contact and communication into a multi-method process. In Australia, people are adept at utilising social media technology to become more efficient, creative and connected; Australian nurses also need to embrace changing technology to capitalise on the professional opportunities offered by social media. This paper imagines a world where nurses integrate social media into assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. Discussion draws on a combination of real-world examples of best-practice and blue-sky thinking to demonstrate that evidence-based care must be combined with the adoption of future-forward technology.

Item ID: 31619
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1322-7696
Keywords: Facebook, Internet, networking, social media, nurse, Twitter
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2014 01:02
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1110 Nursing > 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9299 Other Health > 929999 Health not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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