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Patients need to be actively involved in their care.  New technology affects all aspects  of the nursing process-assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementation and evaluation.  The assessing phase has implemented apps for teenagers to self-monitor diabetes and telehealth programs to assess patient status in their home.  Diagnosing phase has changed the way evidence-based care is validated and how many different formats for patient diagnosis and treatment.  The planning phase has been changed by the development of care plans that can be formatted with interventions that are showing the most success for patients. It also allows for more communication during emergency events that impact health and well-being.  The implementation phase has been impacted by using social media to help increase drug compliance and hospital readmissions.   Thus allowing patients to be empowered to manage their conditions. The evaluation phase has also been impacted, allowing hospital systems to get patient feedback quickly to improve systems and tailor services to patient need.

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Social media can revolutionize the workplace and allow patients and co-workers to actively participate with each other.  It can allow patients to connect and allow more access to care.  It can allow nurses to connect and share best practices.  There is some apprehension to using social media but the nursing profession also needs to find new ways to evolve and not work in silos.

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This article looks at the sociotechnical theory that revolutionized the workplace in the 1960’s and applies it to the nursing process and ideas for implementation.  The article goes further identifying specific examples of social media in action transforming nursing care already.

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The aim of this article was to look at ways of transforming nursing by implementing the sociotechnical theory to revolutionize the nursing process and put social media into nursing practice to adopt a future of forward-thinking technology.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2014.03.005

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Modern communication methods are drastically changing the way people interact with each other. Professions such as nursing need to evolve to remain relevant as social infrastructure changes. In the 1960s, researchers developed a sociotechnical theory that stated workers were more motivated and productive if there was a good balance between the social and technical aspects of their work. Today's technology is blurring the boundaries between the social and the technical thereby transforming human contact and communication into a multi-method process. In Australia, people are adept at utilising social media technology to become more efficient, creative and connected; Australian nurses also need to embrace changing technology to capitalise on the professional opportunities offered by social media. This paper imagines a world where nurses integrate social media into assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. Discussion draws on a combination of real-world examples of best-practice and blue-sky thinking to demonstrate that evidence-based care must be combined with the adoption of future-forward technology.

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Social media and nursing practice: Changing the balance between the social and technical aspects of work

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Modern communication methods are drastically changing the way people interact with each other. Professions such as nursing need to evolve to remain relevant as social infrastructure changes. In the 1960s, researchers developed a sociotechnical theory that stated workers were more motivated and productive if there was a good balance between the social and technical aspects of their work.

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Casella, E., Mills, J., & Usher, K. (2014). Social media and nursing practice: Changing the balance between the social and technical aspects of work. Collegian, 21, 121-126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2014.03.005

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Students need to be engaged and involved in their own learning.  If they are not being challenged they should discuss with their instructor.  The seven principles hold true today.  Students should look to be challenged and seek to challenge themselves, not just rely on regurgitatin information. The seven principles are valid today and can help guide an effective educational program.

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Overall the seven principles are very basic and still at the heart of learning today:1) Communication between student and faculty, 2) A sense of team in the classroom, 3) Active learning methods, 4) Student feedback, 5) Time management, 6) Classroom expectations and 7) Multiple ways of learning

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This essay discusses a document first published in 1987, Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education published by the AAHE Bulletin.  These principles can be adapted and used today.

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The aim of this article discusses implementation of the seven principles of good practice that were developed in 1987, and how they can built upon and added to in a new era of learning.

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http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven

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To see this TLT/Seven Principles library of teaching ideas, click here.

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Chickering, A. W. and Ehrmann, S. (1996). Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever. AAHE Bulletin, 3-6.