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Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding

Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding

Rebekah Fox, Kathleen Abrahamson, James G. Anderson
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 2160-9551|EISSN: 2160-956X|EISBN13: 9781466631663|DOI: 10.4018/ijrqeh.2013010105
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Fox, Rebekah, et al. "Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding." IJRQEH vol.2, no.1 2013: pp.51-62. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2013010105

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Fox, R., Abrahamson, K., & Anderson, J. G. (2013). Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 2(1), 51-62. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2013010105

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Fox, Rebekah, Kathleen Abrahamson, and James G. Anderson. "Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) 2, no.1: 51-62. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2013010105

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Abstract

Online forums offer researchers opportunities to investigate communities in unobtrusive ways to understand better the experiences, concerns, and stories of those who contribute. In this exploratory study, the authors analyze content from one online nursing community to highlight the breadth of topics being discussed outside of the nursing workplace but within the nursing community (e.g. topics, that when taken together, begin to structure a collective narrative for this on-line community). Then, the authors explore one specific topic being discussed by this nursing community, nurse bullying, in an effort to better understand how the current nursing literature’s coverage of the topic compares with the discussion emerging from this on-line community. Finally, suggestions for using on-line forums as research sites are discussed.

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