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Digital Nursing

Use this guide to find information resources about eHealth including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 17/09/2024

Key Resources

RCN Clinical topic: eHealth
RCN: Digital roles and innovations
  • This careers resource has been developed to help registered nurses and the clinical support workforce across the UK understand the range of nursing roles appearing due to the digital evolution of work across health and social care.
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Health and Social Care Board (2022) Digital Strategy Health and Social Care Northern Ireland 2022-2030. Belfast: Health and Social Care Board. 
Health Education England (2023) AI and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability Framework. London: HEE
Scottish Government and COSLA (2021) Scotland’s digital health and care strategy: enabling, connecting and empowering; care in the digital age. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
We would like to thank the RCN Digital Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book Cover Carroll W M (ed.) (2020) Emerging technologies for nurses: implications for practice. New York: Springer.
Book Cover Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.) (2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 1: realizing digital health: bold challenges and opportunities for nursing. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge. 
Book Cover Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.)  (2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 2: nursing education and digital health strategies. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge. 
Book Cover Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.)  2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 3: innovation, technology, and applied informatics for nurses. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge.
Book Cover Delaney C W, Weaver C A, Sensmeier J, Pruinelli L and Weber P (eds.) (2022) Nursing and informatics for the 21st century: embracing a digital world. Book 4: nursing in an integrated digital world that supports people, systems, and the planet. 3rd edn. New York: Routledge. 
Phillips-Harnessing-digital-technology Phillips N, Stacey G and Dowding D (2024) Harnessing digital technology and data for nursing practice. London: Elsevier.
Schweickert P A and Rutledge C M (eds.) (2020) Telehealth essentials for advanced practice nursing. Thorofare: SLACK Incorporated.
Book cover Vasilica C M, Gillaspy E and Withnell N (2023) Digital skills for nursing studies and practice. London: Learning Matters.
Book cover Fong B, Fong A C M and Li C K (2020) Telemedicine technologies: information technologies in medicine and digital health. Newark: John Wiley and Sons.
Book Cover Hardy L R (ed.) (2020) Fast facts in health informatics for nurses. New York: Springer.
Book cover Hussey P and Kennedy M A (eds.) (2021) Introduction to nursing informatics. 5th edn. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Kudyba S P (2021) Healthcare informatics: strategies for the digital era. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Book cover McGonigle D and Mastrian K (2025) Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. 6th edn. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Book cover Saba V K and McCormick K A (2021) Essentials of nursing informatics, 7th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

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