Nursing education, social media, and management skills

Abstract

Objective: To describe the use of social media as a resource for nursing education from the implementation of managerial skills. Method: This is an experience report, executed from the reports of a university extension project, executed between 2020 and 2021, using as analysis, through Vygotsky's learning theory. Result: The study shows the activities performed to management in social networks, collaborated with competencies that corroborate skills interconnected to self-management, leadership, collaborative practices and team sizing, since the use of Information and Communication Technologies as a mediator in the learning process and training in nursing. Conclusion: The development of management skills goes beyond the criterion of knowledge, but should also add the attitudes and skills to strengthen them, from the mediation by technologies for learning and training.