These are the slides for Christine Gorman's talk to the American Journal of Nursing conference in Chicago on Oct. 6, 2009. The title of the talk is "Nurses and the Web: Staking out your territory as an expert in health care." I will also post the text at www.globalhealthreport.com
1. Nurses and the Web: Staking Out Your Territory as an Expert in Health Care Christine Gorman American Journal of Nursing Conference Oct. 6, 2009 Chicago
8. ADVERTISING INEFFECIENCY Paid For A Lot of Great Journalism Iraqi Vets Walter Reed Hospital Melamine contamination Secret CIA Prisons Hurricane Katrina Pension Abuses Housing Discrimination
13. Familiar Lamentations Nursing community is fragmented Lots of responsibility but little power Nurses are not utilized to their maximum potential General public does not understand what nurses do
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16. BASICS How will this help me? Are my friends or heroes here, too? Is it easy? Is it fun?
17. ORGANIZING PEOPLE Groups are easy to join and to leave Collaboration still takes time and energy Who do you know? Diversity diminishes groupthink Watch out for spammers, viruses, porn, hateniks