#FOANed growing for free open access nursing education
If you’re a social media user, you may have seen the hashtag #FOANed being used recently. It’s a movement where nurses are posting Free Open Access Nursing education.
We are lucky to have the drivers of this hashtag right here in our backyard in Australia. Three of the top contributors to #FOANed this week have been Ian Miller from The Nurse Path, nurse educator Jesse Spurr, and 2012 graduate nurse Laurie Bickhoff from Defining Nursing.
This week Aus Nurse Educator posted a pic showing the contributors to #FOANed
#FOANed from UK,US,Canada,UAE,Finland,Georgia & Kenya! TY! …but Aus still leading the way :) Pls support #FOANed! pic.twitter.com/1vbiSSkhzc
— Aus Nurse Educator (@AusNurseEd) October 8, 2014
Ian Miller has encouraged nurses to use the #FOANed hashtag:
#wenurses #nurses #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/ZWyG3mOcJY
— Ian Miller (@TheNursePath) October 3, 2014
We asked Ian to comment about why he has been driving the #FOANed hashtag. He said that if well promoted, it will have an “immense impact on future nursing education & internurse support.” He also said:
@HealthCareerAus AND #FOANed gives us the opportunity to extricate (and discuss) latest evidence based practice from behind the paywalls.
— Ian Miller (@TheNursePath) October 2, 2014
@HealthCareerAus And many education opportunities lost as hospital educational silos reluctant to share their information.
— Ian Miller (@TheNursePath) October 2, 2014
Laurie Bickhoff has been using the hashtag when posting about some of the issues faced by nurses:
EBP for the removal of femoral arterial sheaths – always a contentious issue in our dept! http://t.co/9WATJ8Vuht #FOANed
— Laurie Bickhoff (@Laurie_ENL) October 9, 2014
Do you think disillusionment is a rite of passage in #nursing ? How can we prevent it? http://t.co/9o7ZF2nJa3 #FOANed
— Laurie Bickhoff (@Laurie_ENL) October 8, 2014
Jesse Spurr has been retweeting posts to ensure the hashtag is being used:
“@TheNursePath Game changer: #FOANed Nurses using social media for access to educational excellence http://t.co/sTklskpEzg” READ THIS PEOPLE
— Jesse Spurr (@Inject_Orange) October 5, 2014
To get involved, all you need to do is add the #FOANed hashtag to posts on social media such as (Facebook, Twitter or your blog) that involve free open access nursing education. Create your own posts, share or retweet!