Using Mullins Library to Find Articles:

PART A)

Title: Virtually Nursing: Emerging Technologies in Nursing Education

Author: Cynthia L. Foronda
Journal Name: Nurse Educator
Date: 2017 (this was all that was given)

According to this article, virtual reality simulation technologies in nursing

education are emerging quickly and research shows that the approach is effective.
These technologies are intended to present opportunities to improve teaching
efforts, better engage students, and transform nursing education. Virtual simulation
has been used to teach disaster, communication, interviewing skills, and teamwork,
along with other skills. Evidence suggests that nursing students have expressed
positive experiences with the use of virtual worlds as a way of learning, and nurse
faculty members also have reported satisfaction with their use of virtual teaching
methods. Examples of these technology programs include examples such as
BodyExplorer, Flight Stimulator, Microsoft HoloLens, CliniSpace, and
vSim for Nursing.
PART B)

Title: Social Media and Motherhood: Does Media Make the Mom?
Author: Kelly Kendall
Year: 2017

The expanded use of social media users and platforms worldwide has led to
many studies on learning more about who is using social media and how it is being
used. This article specifically focuses on a study regarding mothers with children
who still live at home and how social media is affecting their parental decision
making and personal self-esteem. This research study used detailed interviews with
moms who were active users on social media platforms in order to gather its
findings. The evidence found stated that mothers who engaged in social media
found themselves comparing their own family and children with other families,
which had mainly a negative influence on their self-esteem as a mom. This social
comparison also inspired and influenced the mothers parenting decisions. It was
found that mothers mainly used online articles, posts, and blogs in order to learn
parenting skills/ advice. A mom that was interviewed in this study stated, We
have a hard time enjoying our own experience because we feel its not worthy of
this invisible judge...Its so easy to get depressed. You start to feel like your entire
life has to be like a magazine all the time.
PART C)

Title: Inhibited from Bowling Alone

Author: Rebecca K. Ratner and Rebecca W. Hamilton
Journal Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Year: 2015

Current research shows that individuals often feel restrained from engaging
in group/social activities alone, especially when these activities are observable by
others. When deciding whether to participate in a public activity, such as going to a
movie alone, people fear negative opinions/ judgements from others around them
about their social connectedness which weakens their interest in taking part of the
activity. Data from research shows that Americans are spending more time alone
than in the past. Notable evidence from sociology studies indicates that individuals
are less likely to have close friends and are less likely to be members of formal
organizations/clubs aside from work now than they used to be, leading to the
conclusion that Americans are more often bowling alone. A main cause of this is
that single people find themselves interested in engaging in consumption activities
for which they lack activity partners.

(This article ended up having nothing to do with bowling itself but I still found this
information interesting!)