Abstract
There is limited research related to nursing students' social media use. Because of this, there was a need to further explore how they were using social media and their ability to maintain e-professionalism. This study discovered that pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students are actively using multiple social media accounts on a daily basis. Nursing is considered a trusted and respected profession, therefore, nursing students are held to a high professional standard. This includes maintaining privacy boundaries when managing professional and personal information during social media use.
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore the processes pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students used to maintain e-professionalism when utilizing social media. Participants were chosen through purposeful sampling. Semi-structured interviews were utilized along with documents that simulated social media postings. Participants' privacy settings were inspected. After completing the coding process, the Skrabal theory of e-professionalism among prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students© was developed.
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Alpha Alpha Zeta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Grounded Theory
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
E-Professionalism, Social Media Use, Pre-Licensure Nursing Students, Nursing Education
Advisor
Lois Linden
Second Advisor
Jennifer Reed-Bouley
Third Advisor
Lina Bostwick
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
College of Saint Mary
Degree Year
2017
Recommended Citation
Skrabal, Julie, "Factors and processes that influence e-professionalism among pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students when utilizing social media" (2022). Dissertations. 1272.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1272
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Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-03-11
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10283042; ProQuest document ID: 1954049215. The author still retains copyright.