Assignment:
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Social media has greatly impacted healthcare. Online tools can increase consumer access to healthcare and health information and impact relationships among healthcare professionals and patients. The advanced practice nurse should consider safe and effective ways to use social media to support health and wellness.
INSTRUCTIONS
The Healthcare and Social Media Assignmentis a formal academic paper which must include the following:
o Identify and discuss at least three different types of social media.
o Describe the impact of each type of social media on healthcare (including benefits and limitations of each).
o Incorporate components of social media policies for healthcare organizations.
o Discuss the impact of biblical worldview on social media use among advanced practice nurses.
Structure and sources:
o Formatting: current APA guidelines
o Assignment length: 3 to 5 pages of content
o Title and reference page are required (not counted toward assignment length)
o References: A minimum of 3scholarly sources published in the past 5 years must be cited (must include course text)
o At least one bible verse must be incorporated
o Examples of acceptable sources include nursing or medical textbooks, scholarly, peer-reviewed research journal articles, and reliable websites (generally .org, .gov., or .edu sites are acceptable). Please avoid citing blogs, .com sites, and social media.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.