Information for Research Papers, Reports, Essays, Presentations, and Speeches

Research has become a valued part of many nursing school programs with nursing students needing to present a variety of presentations and research papers on a variety of topics. Another somewhat recent development is more demand on students to find a special type of credible information called evidence-based practice information/articles. There are different levels of evidence-based practice information. A variety of sources are listed on the "Nursing and Allied Health Topics" web page to help Nursing and Allied Health students find credible peer-reviewed journal articles, including articles based on evidence-based practice. It seems that a majority of Nursing and Allied Health classes ask the students to cite according the APA Manual SIXTH EDITION, so the articles listed on the various Nursing and Allied Health Topics web pages will be presented according to the the American Psychological Association Manual.

Social Media and Health care

The following article Social Media: A Review and Tutorial of Applications in Medicine and Health Care says it best by stating "In medicine and health care, a large number of stakeholders (eg, clinicians, administrators, professional colleges, academic institutions, ministries of health, among others) are unaware of social media's relevance, potential applications in their day-to-day activities, as well as the inherent risks and how these may be attenuated and mitigated.”

The following articles are cited according to APA Manual 6th edition.

"Social media is prevalent and increasing in usage in healthcare. Whilst guidelines have been been developed to cover the issues concerning this topic, few have been based on an ethical framework. The purpose of this work was to undertake a review of the literature pertaining to social media use in health care and physiotherapy in particular. The results of the review identified five key themes, these were: privacy/confidentiality breaches; student use and the need for student guidance; the patient therapist relationship and boundary blurring: integrity and reputation of the profession; and a lack of institutional guidelines."

This entire evidence-based journal article can be found, for free, at:

http://www.studyethics.com/file.up/case19561_fc197b8d7-8960-4483-8d98-2ac694082528%5CSocial%20media%20in%20health%20care.pdf?mod=635407393493277869

Definitely, this is evidence-based practice information.

This scholarly journal article can be located at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758042/

The rising impact of social media on the private and working lives of health care professionals has made researchers and health care institutions study and rethink the concept and content of medical professionalism in the digital age. In the last decade, several specific policies, original research studies, and comments have been published on the responsible use of social media by health care professionals. However, there is no systematic literature review that analyzes the full spectrum of (1) social media–related challenges imposed on medical professionalism and (2) social media–related opportunities to both undermine and improve medical professionalism."

“Social media are dynamic and interactive computer-mediated communication tools that have high penetration rates in the general population in high-income and middle-income countries. However, in medicine and health care, a large number of stakeholders (eg, clinicians, administrators, professional colleges, academic institutions, ministries of health, among others) are unaware of social media's relevance, potential applications in their day-to-day activities, as well as the inherent risks and how these may be attenuated and mitigated.”  This is a review of the literature.

This scholarly journal article can be located at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936280/?report=printable

This article in the MEDSURG Nursing journal may not be seen as evidence-based by some teachers, BUT it is an informative article in a credible journal. This article has some information that can be very helpful.

The full-text is located at: http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/Resources/Social-Media-Ethical-Issues.pdf

It looks like they did some type of review, so this could be considered evidence based.

"Harmful reactions that are caused by the intake of medication are known as Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) and the activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects attributable to prescription drugs are referred to as pharmacovigilance."

"Automatic monitoring of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), defined as adverse patient outcomes caused by medications, is a challenging research problem that is currently receiving significant attention from the medical informatics community. In recent years, user-posted data on social media, primarily due to its sheer volume, has become a useful resource for ADR monitoring. Research using social media data has progressed using various data sources and techniques, making it difficult to compare distinct systems and their performances. In this paper, we perform a methodical review to characterize the different approaches to ADR detection/extraction from social media, and their applicability to pharmacovigilance. In addition, we present a potential systematic pathway to ADR monitoring from social media."

This scholarly journal article can be located at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046415000362

"Adverse drug reactions come at a considerable cost on society. Social media are a potentially invaluable reservoir of information for pharmacovigilance, yet their true value remains to be fully understood. In order to realize the benefits social media holds, a number of technical, regulatory and ethical challenges remain to be addressed. We outline these key challenges identifying relevant current research and present possible solutions."

This evidence-based journal article can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594734/

This may not be seen as evidence-based, BUT it is very informative and is in a scholarly journal. I think that most teachers would accept this article as some form of evidence-based.

"What does this all mean for nurses and the nursing profession? Social media can be a highly effective mechanism that allows for the cultivation of professional connections; promotes timely communication with patients and family members; and educates and informs consumers and health care professionals."

"Participating in social media is not a problem as long as nurses always remain cognizant of their professional obligations. Nurses must always be aware of potential consequences of disclosing patient-related information via social media and mindful of employer policies; relevant state and federal laws; and professional standards regarding patient privacy and confidentiality."

This article can be found at:

http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-17-2012/No3-Sept-2012/Guidelines-for-Electronic-and-Social-Media.html