Archives and eHealth websites
Did you know about some of the new marketing materials available on resources that would be of interest to current and new members? Available from RCN Direct, the leaflets provide information on both the history and future of nursing through the RCN archives and eHealth services.
RCN archives
The RCN archive collections represent the history of nursing through historical records, recordings, publications, photographs, badges and other collections spanning the 20th century.
The archives area on the RCN website includes:
- oral histories
- free access to the British Journal of Nursing 1888-1956
- access to scanned historical documents
- online versions of historical exhibitions
- genealogy research advice for family historians
- online catalogue describing the records in the collections
- information on our online enquiry, copying and research and advice service.
Find out more in the archives area on the RCN website: www.rcn.org.uk/archives.
eHealth
eHealth is not just about computers. It is about finding, using, recording, managing, and transmitting information to support health care, in particular to make decisions about patient care. Computers and other information and communication technology devices are merely the technology that enables this to happen.
The eHealth area on the RCN website includes:
- Make IT safe flyer
- guidance about setting standards
- information on consent to access, share and create eHealth records.
Find out more in the eHealth area on the RCN website: www.rcn.org.uk/e-health
To order the leaflets for your recruitment events, telephone RCN Direct on 0845 772 6100. For the RCN archives leaflet, quote publication code 003 390 and for the eHealth leaflet, quote publication code 003 391.