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Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding

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  • Rebekah Fox

    (Department of Communication Studies, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, USA)

  • Kathleen Abrahamson

    (Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA)

  • James G. Anderson

    (Department of Medical Sociology and Health Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

Abstract

Online forums offer researchers opportunities to investigate communities in unobtrusive ways to understand better the experiences, concerns, and stories of those who contribute. In this exploratory study, the authors analyze content from one online nursing community to highlight the breadth of topics being discussed outside of the nursing workplace but within the nursing community (e.g. topics, that when taken together, begin to structure a collective narrative for this on-line community). Then, the authors explore one specific topic being discussed by this nursing community, nurse bullying, in an effort to better understand how the current nursing literature’s coverage of the topic compares with the discussion emerging from this on-line community. Finally, suggestions for using on-line forums as research sites are discussed.

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  • Rebekah Fox & Kathleen Abrahamson & James G. Anderson, 2013. "Exploring a Nursing Community Online: A Breadth of Topics and a Depth of Understanding," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 2(1), pages 51-62, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:2:y:2013:i:1:p:51-62
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