Comments on: Why a Registered Nurse is Interested in Social Media

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By: CandyDye

CandyDye — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:35:04 +0000

Excellent post, Phil! As a Nurse Practitioner who is trying to retire,(currently teaching PT in a nursing school) I am enjoying sharing tidbits of knowledge to the general public through twitter. Almost everyday someone asks me a health related question on twitter, and I enjoy sharing resources and information. My focus is prevention and wellness as I am also representing a new nutrigenomic skin care company. Today, I shared about Coaches Oat’s with a couple of SM “guys” who are on the Paleo Diet. Am chatting with a home stager realtor about her health as she expressed fear of dying from cancer like the whole rest of her family has. Yesterday, an inspirational quote tweeter tweeted that he was going to the hospital for an emergency visit, then an hour later tweeted he wasn’t feeling well and going to bed. This morning he shares he’s
having chest pains but cannot afford the tests that he needs.
One thing that I would like for you to discuss is the legal aspects of giving out health information via twitter.
Thanks so much for all you do!

By: Annemarie

Annemarie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:13:45 +0000

I just stumbled across you on twitter and found your blog. It is so refreshing to hear a nurse talking about the impact social media can have on healthcare.

I am a marketing consultant to healthcare companies –mainly device and wound care, and I am constantly defeated when bringing up the value of a social marketing campaign. They don’t see a monetary return, therefore they don’t want to spend the time or money to undertake the process.

Perhaps we need a few evangelists to start a social media “experiment” of sorts to show the power it can have. Perhaps they’ll realize that today’s youth, tomorrows healthcare consumer only communicates this way? Or perhaps they’ll adopt in about 20 years, when we’ve moved on to a new form of communication. It will be interesting to see, and in the meantime, I’ll keep trying.

By: NurseKeith

NurseKeith — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:57:06 +0000

I just discovered your blog thanks to Nurse Sean. You are an excellent, thoughtful, and insightful writer! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us in a way that is easy to read and very thought-provoking.

I have blog-rolled you at Digital Doorway and at Nurse LinkUp, and I have featured your “8 Ways to be a Better Nurse” at Nurse Linkup, as well.

Looking forward to getting to know your writing more over time.

All the best,

Keith

By: OrientedX3 » Social Media and Nursing

OrientedX3 » Social Media and Nursing — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:53:33 +0000

[...] is a nurse that really “gets” social media: Phil Baumann. You can follow him on twitter also. posted on: July 7, [...]

By: NNR

NNR — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:14:11 +0000

Thanks to Beth for tweeting the URL to this post: it's great! I still haven't managed to win any of my “real-life” friends over to Twitter, but I keep trying…

By: philbaumann

philbaumann — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:26:34 +0000

Thanks for finding it. There are a lot of ways to use these tools, for sure. I see it as a responsibility.

Phil

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:22:51 +0000

WOW. A fellow nurse who “gets” twitter. So glad to have found this blog.
I completely agree with you – there are so many ways we could harness this technology in the healthcare arena.