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How to use social media successfully in nursing research
Advice for nurse researchers on building an online network, growing your own community, promoting your and others’ work, and being a good digital citizen

Advice for nurse researchers on building an online network, growing your own community, promoting your and others’ work, and being a good digital citizen
Social media use has become increasingly popular among researchers across research professions ( Wang et al 2019 ). Beyond gaining up-to-date information about your field of interest, it provides instant access to a potentially large group of people who you can recruit to participate in research, share and test your ideas on or disseminate your work (
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