E-Mail Communication in Nursing

E-mail is a form of communication that can be formal or informal. It has advanced over the years to become a more formal way of communicating through out several organizations. In nursing, it is important to have several different ways to communicate with your co-workers and e-mailing has become a top choice. It allows you to send out a mass e-mail of information to everyone or just a short message to those you wish to read it. It is a way of informing and educating others or just a simple way of saying "hi" to a co-worker. This has helped the communication process within the nursing profession by allowing staff access to it at any time as well as allowing them to write down a thought and notify someone immediately. It is also good for the fact of communicating with people from a distance, who are perhaps in a different country. This would relate to nursing if a family member of a patient was wanting to check up on their loved one. All in all, I believe e-mail is essential to have within the nursing profession.