Hey Nurses! Can't help but be interested in the fact that healthcare is really beginning to make a presence in social media (Twitter and Facebook). Here are some great ways a some folks at the Florida Magnet Nursing Research Conference about how Nurses can use social media strategically to spread the word about what they are passionate about:

1.Goal: help teen mothers battling depression

2.Goal: spread a message to every nurse in North Carolina

3. Goal: family vacations that don’t include a visit to the hospital

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How are you using Twitter or Facebook as a professional nurse? OR, if you're a teacher, have you started to bring in social media to help students learn in the classrom? Share your creative ideas and ways you use these tools with me! I'm totally interested Instead of a microblogging tool, these platforms are actually being put to good use!