Date of Award
3-12-2020
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.Sc.N.
Department
Nursing
Keywords
E-professionalism, Nursing student, Social media
Supervisor
Laurie Freeman
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Nursing students have been charged criminally or expelled from undergraduate programs for inappropriate social media use. The literature has heavily criticized nursing students for unprofessional use of social media and a lack E-professionalism. The concept of E-professionalism within healthcare is relatively new as more providers use social media, thus it has quickly become an ethical and specialized challenge for nursing. The purpose of this research was to explore E-Professionalism among undergraduate nursing students at a midsize South Western Ontario university. A sample of 136 nursing students participated in this study. Subjects could identify blatant examples of appropriate and inappropriate of social media use but struggled with less obvious violations. Nursing students also lacked the ability to identify regulatory bodies or universities stances on E-professionalism, suggesting that students are learning about E-professionalism outside the academic settings, which may become troublesome when trying to adhere to professional regulations. Changes in current nursing educational practices, surrounding E-professionalism, are suggested and may ultimately contribute to decreased issues with inappropriate social media use for future Registered Nurses.
Recommended Citation
Chu, Jessica, "E-Professionalism in Undergraduate Nursing Students" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 8318.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8318