This is the presentation I gave at the Virtual Nurse Practice Development Conference on the 13th May 2015.
Many factors impact on the nurse's ability to develop practice. Lack of access to research, organisational barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice, managerial or even collegial constraints, as well as lack of personal critical-thinking and reflective skills. Developing virtual networks using online communication tools such as social media, and initiatives like the VIDPC allows nurses to break down traditional barriers to learning, and facilitates collaboration, sharing, scholarship and campaigns. Using examples from her own experience I will discuss how nurses can harness online networking for practice development at both individual and professional levels
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The networked nurse: Using virtual communication systems for practice development
1. VIDPC 2015
The networked nurse: Using virtual
communication systems for practice
development
Sarah Stewart 2015
sarahstewart07@gmail.com
2.
3. What we're going to talk about today
How nurses can use social
networking for practice development
Describe some of the technologies
that facilitate networking
Stories from practice
4. How practice is informed and
developed traditionally
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Sarah Stewart – Midwife, nurse, educator, Professional Officer at Australian College of
Midwives, Canberra; social media and e-learning consultant
Many factors impact on the nurse's ability to develop practice. Lack of access to research, organisational barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice, managerial or even collegial constraints, as well as lack of personal critical-thinking and reflective skills. Developing virtual networks using online communication tools such as social media, and initiatives like the VIDPC allows nurses to break down traditional barriers to learning, and facilitates collaboration, sharing, scholarship and campaigns. Using examples from her own experience I will discuss how nurses can harness online networking for practice development at both individual and professional levels.
What we do at the moment – lack of evidence-based practice, nurses don’t keep up to date, professional isolation, nurses do not see the big picture
Problems – time constraints, lack of money, geographical isolation, lack of access to resources; lack of understanding about practice development and evidence-based practice, attitudes toward personal and professional CPD
So how do we overcome these problems and become nurses who are networked into the profession?
Sharing – open access, open to all, free of charge, capturing sense of today’s volunterism
Collaboration – sharing resources, financial sense, less reinventing the wheel, collaboration with other health professions , collaboration with consumers
Up to date – evidence-based practice, less errors/notifications, able to watch trends – see what are the big issues for nurses and consumers, more timely than traditional media such as research-journals
Campaigns - allows us to work together, across geographical and professional boundaries
Greater access to experts
Support – nurses in resource-poor countries
Engage with social media
Take time to build a professional online profile
Rules –IP,
Learn how to do it - how to communicate, trolls
Join online communities
Join national and international conversations
Share
Give, don’t just receive eg make content
Make the most of free stuff
Takes time
Connect with consumers
Get your professional organisations on social media
Need to pick tools that meet the purpose of your activity and what you want to achieve
Go where the people are
Think about barriers such as skills level, digital literacy, attitudes to technology, barriers at work, internet connection, time constraints, money, equipment
Blog, wiki, Twitter, Facebook, Pintrest YouTube, Slideshare, Instigram, LinkedIn, Skype, web conference, virtual worlds, Wiziq, Second Life, Google plus, Hangouts, Google Docs
VIDM: http://vidm.wikispaces.com/
MOOC for Midwives: http://www.moocformidwives.com/
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/sarahmstewart
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Australian.College.of.Midwives
Twitter for real time collaboration : http://www.wecommunities.org/
Blog: http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com.au
E-portfolio: http://sarahstewart-eportfolio.wikispaces.com/