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he purpose of this talk is to educate nurse practitioners (NP) about the importance of translating scholarly work into a visual abstract to
better communicate with the general public and the media. It is vital that nurse practitioners share their knowledge and expertise with
our patients and communities. There is a dearth of literature on this topic. However, it is an important topic to discuss and to encourage.
There is some evidence of this topic being taken up in medical journals. More than 25 journals, organizations and institutions have become
early adopters of the visual abstract and have incorporated its strategy in disseminating research to the public. No nursing organizations
or journals were on this list of early adopters. Nurse practitioners need to incorporate visual abstracts to disseminate scholarly research
and findings to better communicate with the general public and media. Nurse practitioners need to make sure their work and scholarship is
accessible to the general public. By repurposing NP scholarship into social media bites, the public can become more aware of the important
work that is being pursued by NPs. Every NP who writes for publication should create a visual abstract to translate their work for use by the
media and general public
Catherine.harris@jefferson.eduIncorporating social media into nursing research
through visual abstracts
Catherine Harris
Thomas Jefferson University, USA
J Nurs Health Stud 2018 Volume: 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C4-012