Nurse Entrepreneur Ideas and New Media

Nurse Entrepreneur Ideas and New Media Nurses have always been at the forefront of new technologies. From MARs and bedside laptops to alphanumeric pagers and other wireless technologies adapted for the health care setting, nurses often find themselves as... More

Nurse Entrepreneur Ideas and New Media Nurses have always been at the forefront of new technologies. From MARs and bedside laptops to alphanumeric pagers and other wireless technologies adapted for the health care setting, nurses often find themselves as “testers” of new technologies that sometimes come to the private sector before they hit the streets, so to speak. With so-called “new media”, many nurses quickly realized the power of social media, blogging and other digital applications from the beginning. The early nurse bloggers who realized the power of blogging and self-publication basically created the nurse “blogosphere” themselves through self-promotion, reciprocal links and connection with other health care innovators taking advantage of the Internet. They were and are true nurse entrepreneurs. Some savvy nurses who were already nurse entrepreneurs have consistently used the Internet for marketing and self-promotion, using websites, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other s Less