Wound assessment app wins financial support from Welsh Government
A wound assessment app that scans wounds and shares images with tissue viability nurses and district nurses for further assessment is among a range of technology receiving funding in Wales. Five...
View ArticleCovid-19 accelerates trust adoption of mobile technology for ICU nurses
Hospital nurses at a Surrey trust have adopted mobile technology during the coronavirus pandemic to take part in “remote” ward rounds and arrange “virtual” visiting for patients. Staff at Royal Surrey...
View ArticleNurses to form part of England’s new ‘virtual’ Covid-19 rehab service
An online Covid-19 rehab service is to be launched to support people suffering from the long-term effects of coronavirus, NHS England has announced. As part of the service, called Your Covid Recovery,...
View ArticleRCN launches new resource to help nurses ’embrace’ digital tools
A new online resource has been launched to help nurses lead the use of emerging digital tools across health and social care. The Royal College of Nursing has created the new online platform to help...
View ArticleBid to embed genomics into mainstream nursing practice
For the NHS to realise its ambition of integrating genomics into routine care, it will need the backing of its largest workforce. Nursing Times spoke to the nurse appointed to boost nursing and...
View ArticleMachines help Kent dementia patients ‘to step back in time’
Patients living with dementia can now relive history thanks to the purchase of 10 new interactive devices for use in hospitals run by a trust in Kent. The RITAs (Reminiscent Interactive Therapeutic...
View ArticleNew grant programme for nurse innovators in digital health
The Burdett Trust for Nursing has announced a new major grant programme to support nurse-led digital health innovation. The charitable trust, which regularly creates grants to support nursing...
View ArticleFunding pledged to introduce e-rostering across more trusts
A government cash injection of almost £7.5m will be used to support the further roll out of digital shift scheduling for nurses and colleagues across England, it has been confirmed. Minister for care...
View ArticleDigital nursing documentation system to be rolled out across Wales
Nurses in the Welsh NHS are set to adopt a new country-wide digital system for patient documentation in a bid to become more time efficient, improve accuracy and reduce unnecessary duplications. The...
View ArticleNew app supports nurses to provide bladder and bowel continence care
A free app that could boost nurses’ success in managing patients with bladder or bowel incontinence was launched on Monday, marking the beginning of World Continence Week. Those behind the new app said...
View ArticleChief nursing information officer helps launch new digital safety strategy
A new and first-of-its-kind NHS strategy has been launched to ensure technologies used in health and care are safe and to help promote their use in improving patient safety. As part of this, a...
View ArticleTwitter challenged over ‘outdated and appalling’ imagery of nurses
Social media site Twitter is being urged to remove sexist, misogynistic and “appalling” imagery of nurses currently available on its platform. Several nurses, including the chief nurse of Health...
View ArticleVirtual nurse-led health promotion programme proves successful
A nurse-led NHS cardiovascular programme that was forced to go digital because of Covid-19 was up to three times better for patients than the face-to-face model, new research shows. Sarah Teague is one...
View ArticleNurses key to successful digital comms roll-out at Yorkshire hospital
High uptake by nurses of a clinical communications app rolled out at Sheffield Children’s Hospital is helping make handovers quicker and safer, according to those behind the project. The CareFlow...
View ArticleHealth secretary promises first ‘digital health plan’ this spring
A first-of-its-kind Digital Health Plan is to be published this spring, the health and social care secretary has announced. It will cover how the government plans to drive “digital change” across the...
View ArticleNational leaders share plans for progressing digital nursing agenda
Working with data and technology now needs to become “business as usual” for nurses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to senior figures leading the national digital nursing agenda. The...
View ArticleDigital nurses key to technology take-up across NHS, says CNIO network
A new group of digital nursing leaders wants to make sure the voice of nurses is heard when decisions are made about technology in health and social care. Ensuring the nursing workforce is digitally...
View ArticleEngland’s chief nurse backs call for CNIO in every provider
The chief nursing officer of England has today pledged her support for every healthcare organisation to have a chief nursing information officer (CNIO). Ruth May said the move would give the profession...
View ArticleRecruiting digital chief nurses proving ‘really difficult’ for some employers
Digital nurse leaders have discussed the challenges around recruiting chief nursing information officers (CNIOs), with vacancies sitting unfilled for up to 18 months. The matter was raised at the...
View ArticleReview launched into ‘digital readiness’ of nursing workforce
A year-long review has been launched to explore what additional skills and training may be required by nurses and midwives in England to work with technology in their roles now and in the future. Led...
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