LibGuides: Social media for nursing: Social media for nursing

Social media for nursing reading list

This reading list covers social media for nursing. Some resources may only be available to RCN members and RCN programme participants.

Social media for nursing

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (No date) Social media guidance

Barrett D (2019) Nurses need to be aware of their professional responsibilities when engaging with social media, Evidence-based nursing, 22(1), pp. 28–28.
Geraghty S, Hari R and Oliver K (2021) Using social media in contemporary nursing: risks and benefits, British journal of nursing, 30(18), pp. 1078–1082.
Griffin G, Williams N, Bradfield Z and Hauck Y L (2021) E-professionalism and social media use amongst nurses and midwives: A cross-sectional study, Nurse education in practice, 57, pp. 103248–103248.
Kathleen H (2021) Benefits and challenges of social media in health care, Critical care nursing quarterly, 44(3), pp. 309–315.
Lefebvre C, McKinney K, Glass C, Cline D, Franasiak R, Husain I, Pariyadath M, Roberson A, McLean A and Stopyra J (2020) Social media usage among nurses: perceptions and practices, The journal of nursing administration, 50(3), p. 135.
McGrath L, Swift A, Clark M and Bradbury-Jones C (2019) Understanding the benefits and risks of nursing students engaging with online social media, Nursing standard, 34(10), pp. 45–49.
Moorley C and Chinn T (2019) Social media participatory CPD for nursing revalidation, professional development and beyond, British journal of nursing, 28(13), pp. 870–877.
O’Connor S, Odewusi T, Smith P M and Booth R G (2022) Digital professionalism on social media: The opinions of undergraduate nursing students, Nurse education today, 111, pp. 105322–105322.
Ross J G and Myers S M (2017) The Current Use of Social Media in Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Review of the Literature, Computers, informatics, nursing, 35(7), pp. 338–344.
Steers M-L N and Gallups S F (2020) Ethical tipping point: Nurses’ presence on social media, Nursing, 50(12), pp. 52–54.
Stephen C and Halcomb L (2022) Top tips for using social media in research, Nurse researcher, 30(1), pp. 6–7.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (2022) Social media guidance.
The NMC social media guidance which is underpinned by the Code, covers the need to use social media and social networking sites responsibly.