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. 

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Health Education England (2023) AI and Digital Healthcare Technologies Capability Framework. London: HEE

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Scottish Government and COSLA (2021) Scotland’s digital health and care strategy: enabling, connecting and empowering; care in the digital age. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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NHS e-health sites

• Digital Communities Wales: Digital inclusion in health and care
• NHS Wales Informatics Service
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• Scotland: Digital Health and Care

We would like to thank the RCN Digital Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Carroll W M (ed.) (2020) Emerging technologies for nurses: implications for practice. New York: Springer.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 3^rd edn. New York: Routledge.

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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. 

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Phillips N, Stacey G and Dowding D (2024) Harnessing digital technology and data for nursing practice. London: Elsevier.

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Schweickert P A and Rutledge C M (eds.) (2020) Telehealth essentials for advanced practice nursing. Thorofare: SLACK Incorporated.

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Vasilica C M, Gillaspy E and Withnell N (2023) Digital skills for nursing studies and practice. London: Learning Matters.

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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.

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Hardy L R (ed.) (2020) Fast facts in health informatics for nurses. New York: Springer.

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Hussey P and Kennedy M A (eds.) (2021) Introduction to nursing informatics. 5th edn. Cham: Springer.

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Kudyba S P (2021) Healthcare informatics: strategies for the digital era. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

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McGonigle D and Mastrian K (2025) Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge. 6th edn. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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Saba V K and McCormick K A (2021) Essentials of nursing informatics, 7th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Digital Nursing
• AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Informatics
• Telehealth

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• AI (artificial intelligence)
• Digital nursing
• Electronic patient records
• Health information technology
• Hospital at Home
• Mobile technology
• Nursing informatics
• Virtual Ward

Journals of interest for eHealth. Use these links to see details of availability.

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
• CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
• Digital Health
• Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
• JMIR mHealth and uHealth
• JMIR Nursing