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Overview of eHealth
Explore the topic of eHealth – also known as digital health – and how it supports health care. Discover why it is vital that nursing staff play a role in keeping up with digital technology to meet the needs of the profession, patients and health care.
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Ophthalmic conditions and treatment pathways
Watch a series of short videos, developed by the RCN Ophthalmic Nursing Forum (ONF), which discuss a range of ophthalmic conditions, including adnexal, glaucoma, vitreo-retinal and ophthalmic emergencies.
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Digital skills
Increase your understanding of the meaning of digital literacies and the skills, attitudes, values and behaviours, for example digital identity, well-being and safety, data and media literacies.
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Information standards
Understand more about the importance of care records as an essential part of the daily routine of every health care professional. Here you can find a brief overview of the work the RCN does to ensure that patient information is recorded correctly.
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The principles of neurodiversity in nursing practice
This resource supports nurses in providing inclusive care for neurodivergent patients across clinical settings. It covers common conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia and Tourette’s, offering practical strategies to improve communication, adapt environments and make reasonable adjustments. Emphasising person-centred care, the guide highlights the importance of recognising individual strengths and sensory needs, while promoting awareness, equity and accessibility in health care.
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Digital creation, innovation and scholarship
In this part of the digital skills framework, understand the skills you will need to create and use digital content in your role – whether this is text, graphic audio or video – and to be an agent of change.
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Digital roles and innovations
This resource has been developed by the RCN 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. Here you can also access two more detailed online toolkits looking at digital roles and digital innovations.
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Information governance
Learn more about what information governance is and how it relates to the information about patients which is collected digitally. Find out why understanding information governance is so important and what the basic principles are.
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Information, data and media literacies
Find out what is meant by media, data and information literacies, and how to demonstrate these in your role.
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Technical proficiency
In this part of the digital skills framework, explore technical proficiency with regards to the level of understanding and confidence you need to demonstrate when working with digital technologies.
