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Nurses Using Social Media and Mobile Technology for Continuing Professional Development: Case Studies from Australia

Nurses Using Social Media and Mobile Technology for Continuing Professional Development: Case Studies from Australia

Carey Mather, Elizabeth Cummings
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781466661509|ISBN10: 146666150X|EISBN13: 9781466661516
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6150-9.ch010
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Mather, Carey, and Elizabeth Cummings. "Nurses Using Social Media and Mobile Technology for Continuing Professional Development: Case Studies from Australia." Social Media and Mobile Technologies for Healthcare, edited by Mowafa Househ, et al., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 147-172. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6150-9.ch010

APA

Mather, C. & Cummings, E. (2014). Nurses Using Social Media and Mobile Technology for Continuing Professional Development: Case Studies from Australia. In M. Househ, E. Borycki, & A. Kushniruk (Eds.), Social Media and Mobile Technologies for Healthcare (pp. 147-172). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6150-9.ch010

Chicago

Mather, Carey, and Elizabeth Cummings. "Nurses Using Social Media and Mobile Technology for Continuing Professional Development: Case Studies from Australia." In Social Media and Mobile Technologies for Healthcare, edited by Mowafa Househ, Elizabeth Borycki, and Andre Kushniruk, 147-172. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6150-9.ch010

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Abstract

Continuing professional development is mandatory for all healthcare professionals in Australia. This chapter explores how the expectations of the regulatory and professional organisations of nursing and midwifery can be integrated within the profession by enrolled and registered nurses and midwives to meet the requirements and maintain their registrations. Using actual case studies as a basis, the chapter demonstrates how continuing professional development can be delivered as mobile or m-learning using social media or mobile technologies within this health profession. This chapter focuses on case studies from the Australian healthcare sector; however, it appears that similar issues arise in other countries and so the challenges and solutions described in the case studies can inform practice in other countries. It concludes by discussing the potential for continuing professional development m-learning into the future.

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