By the end of the presentation the learner:

Will be able to identify benefits to use of blogging in nursing practice and education.

Will be able to successfully create a blog for knowledge dissemination and collaboration.

Will be able to identify potential ethical and legal issues related to blogging.

Self Assessment, identification of

knowledge, skills and attitudes toward

improvement…How do we share

our knowledge?

Blogs

Web log where entries are

posted in sequence. The

most recent post appears

first on the list. Blogs

cannot be edited or altered

by viewers (Billings &

Kowalski, 2009)

Lets Get Started! Visit the following web page by

clicking the link below

https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=blogger&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fhome&ltmpl=start&hl=en

Create your Google Account

If you already have a Google account. Sign in using your username and password by clicking ‘sign in’ in top right-hand corner of the web-page.

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