Public perceptions about nurses communicated via Twitter in Turkey.

Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Epub Date: 2021-10-27 DOI:10.1111/phn.12999

Seda Şahan, Ayşegül Yıldız, Eda Ergin

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Abstract

Objectives: Social media platforms such as Twitter allow people to openly express their views about many topics, including the nursing profession. COVID-19 is currently a frequently searched and discussed topics on Twitter. This study was performed to identify the image of nursing in the social media before and during COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, and to review of public perceptions about nurses' communication on twitter in Turkey.

Design: This study was conducted using content analysis with a sample of tweets posted on Twitter before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Codes were created, including expressions of respect, anxiety, violence, gratefulness, anger, positivity, and negativity.

Results: Findings showed that 35.65% of the 373 tweets posted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic were positive while 64.35% were negative. During the pandemic 91.94% of the 1006 tweets were positive and 8.06% were negative.

Conclusion: The results of this study suggests that public opinion about nurses, as reflected on Twitter during the COVID 19 pandemic, was positive.

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在土耳其，公众对护士的看法通过Twitter进行交流。

目的:Twitter等社交媒体平台允许人们公开表达他们对许多话题的看法，包括护理专业。COVID-19目前是推特上经常搜索和讨论的话题。本研究旨在确定土耳其COVID-19大流行之前和期间社交媒体上的护理形象，并回顾公众对土耳其护士在twitter上沟通的看法。设计:本研究通过对2019冠状病毒病大流行之前和期间在Twitter上发布的推文样本进行内容分析。人们创造了一些准则，包括尊重、焦虑、暴力、感激、愤怒、积极和消极的表达。结果:调查结果显示，在新冠肺炎大流行前发布的373条推文中，35.65%是正面的，64.35%是负面的。在大流行期间，1006条推文中有91.94%是正面的，8.06%是负面的。结论:本研究结果表明，在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，Twitter上反映的公众对护士的看法是积极的。

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