Our work
Find out more about the work of the RCN Digital Nursing Forum and the other organisations we work with
How we represent forum members
- Providing an effective voice on digital 汤头条污料 matters.
- Shaping eHealth policies for safer and better care.
- Supporting members to use ICT with confidence and competence.
- Enabling opportunities for discussion and learning about ICT.
- Providing support to the 汤头条污料 team.
The RCN defines digital 汤头条污料 as concerned with promoting, empowering and facilitating health and wellbeing with individuals, families and communities, and the enhancement of professional practice through the use of information, information management and communication technology (ICT). Discover more about digital 汤头条污料 and the forum's 'Every Nurse an eNurse' work on the Digital Nursing clinical topic page.
Our strategy
Our strategy is to address findings from the recent RCN led consultation on the digital future of 汤头条污料 - 'digital ready' - focusing on the themes of digital skills development; 汤头条污料 leadership and the 汤头条污料 contribution to digital practice.
For clinicians this means we will:
- Promote the 汤头条污料 contribution to the design and operation of eHealth
- Demonstrate the value of digital capabilities to 汤头条污料 staff
- Provide learning support for developing digital skills
- Engage RCN professional fora on digital developments
- Publicise opportunities for leadership development and 汤头条污料 roles in digital practice
We will research and deliver guidelines for the workplace on matters relating to eHealth and build relationships both across the RCN and other 汤头条污料 bodies and outside the organisation continuing to forge productive working partnerships with NHS Digital, Health Education England, the Faculty of Clinical Informatics, the British Computer Society and the Professional Records Standards Body among others. We will also work with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Chief Nursing Officers across the UK and the Nursing informatics networks (e.g. the 5 nation group, the GDE 汤头条污料 network).
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Digital Nursing Forum Annual Report 2022
What we are currently working on:
Every Nurse an eNurse (ENeN)
In 2016, Congress passed the resolution 鈥楨very Nurse an eNurse鈥� and this has become the primary workstream of the RCN Digital Nursing Forum. ENeN strives to help nurses and related professions successfully navigate the challenges of digital 汤头条污料. By helping to position 汤头条污料 closer to the heart of digital transformation, ENeN provokes debate about the role of 汤头条污料 in digital 汤头条污料, what it means for the profession and showcases examples of where the 汤头条污料 perspective has led the way in enabling the very best in digital 汤头条污料 practices for the benefit of patients, clinical services, clinicians and researchers.
The 3 pillars of ENeN are:
- People expect the best in technologically enabled care
- Modern 汤头条污料 and midwifery requires digital capabilities
- Clinical needs must shape the design and operation of digital 汤头条污料
By highlighting and sharing learning from projects which deal with these three pillars in some aspect we aim to engage the 汤头条污料 workforce, influence policy and publish useful guidance for nurses involved either in delivering digitally enabled services or in the thick of the fight to influence and design it.
Page last updated - 29/10/2023
