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1About the Authors Shelly Smith, DNP, APRN-BC, is a clinical assistant professor and director of the DNP Program, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, Virginia. Holly Buchanan, DNP, APRN-BC, is a clinical assistant professor, Virginia Commonwealth University. The authors acknowledge associate professor Dr. Beth Elias for her contributions as editor for this work. For more information, contact Dr. Smith at sporter@vcu.edu.
Abstract:
There is a noticeable gap in the literature regarding the programmatic integration of social media into health sciences education. Networked participatory scholarship theory supports the use of social media in higher education; associated benefits include promoting student engagement and real-time dissemination. This article describes the integration of social media use in a graduate online doctoral nursing program; specifically, blogging, microblogging, and ePortfolio integration are presented. The purpose is to improve students' utilization of social media as a professional tool.
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