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Students use social media for sharing information and connecting with their friends, also for peer support, peer learning and student engagement. Research indicates that approximately twice the number of students were using social media for educational purposes compared to academic staff and almost all students discuss academic issues on social media. However, little is known about how diverse cohorts of student nurses use social media for specific purposes at different stages of their learning.

Identify how student nurses in each country of study use social media for learning.

Identify how each generation of student nurses use social media for learning.

Identify how student nurses use social media as their education progresses.

A cross-sectional survey.

The study was undertaken across three countries Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the UK.

Student nurses …