@inproceedings{7aefabad7121418397e1aa942f541833,
title = "The impact of twitter and facebook on nursing practice and education: A systematic review of the literature",
abstract = "This systematic review aims to answer the following question: What is the impact of Twitter and Facebook on nursing practice and education? Any article that was written in English and was published in PubMed and Computers Informatics Nursing (CIN) journal from 2011 up to 2016 and discussed the impact of Twitter and Facebook on nursing practice and education was included, while any opinion and review articles were excluded. The results show three themes that are covered by the literature: (1) using social media to enhance students' confidence and /or self-efficacy, (2) characteristics of nurses who use social media, and (3) preferred modes of communication. Further research is still needed to reveal the impact of Twitter and Facebook on nursing education as well as other specialties of nursing practice.",
keywords = "Education, Facebook, Nursing, Practice, Review., Systematic, Twitter",
author = "Hanan Asiri and Mowafa Househ",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.; 14th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, ICIMTH 2016 ; Conference date: 01-07-2016 Through 03-07-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.3233/978-1-61499-664-4-267",
language = "English",
series = "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press",
pages = "267--270",
editor = "John Mantas and Househ, {Mowafa S.} and Arie Hasman and Parisis Gallos and Aikaterini Kolokathi",
booktitle = "Unifying the Applications and Foundations of Biomedical and Health Informatics",
address = "United States",
}