Keywords

critical care, critical care nurses, critically ill patients, healthcare, social media

 

Authors

  1. Piscotty, Ronald J. PhD, RN-BC
  2. Jones, Lenette M. PhD, RN

Abstract

Abstract: Social media, the use of applications to share information with others, is quite popular in the United States. Given the high prevalence of social media use across the general population, it seems that an untapped potential exists for nurses' use of social media to support the critically ill patient.