Twitter, Millennials, and Nursing Education Research

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-27

  Stephens, Teresa M ^a   Gunther, Mary E ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Fellow Transcultural Nursing Society Scholars   (United States)

Author keywords

Millennials; Nursing Education; Nursing Students; Social Media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROL GROUP; COURSE CONTENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979830490     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/14-1462     Document Type: Article

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