Digital literacy

Every nurse an e-nurse logoIn this resource we provide a guide to digital literacy, from getting to grips with the jargon to understanding what the digital world can offer you and your patients.

Topics covered range from using e-learning in your professional development to getting the best from social media and online security.

We provide answers to some essential questions and, if you are already comfortable with digital technology in your professional life, we can boost your knowledge and support you in taking your next steps. 


Three young woman huddle together, all looking at their phones. Social media can effective in advertising nurse vacancies

Social media recruitment: how you can turbo-charge interest in vacancies where you work

TikTok and other platforms are proving to be powerful tools for filling nurse roles

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A nurse consults two screens of digital information about a patient lying on a hospital bed

Digital nursing and mental health: we need you to inspire and share best practice

We welcome contributions from any potential authors on these and other topics

Want to reduce paperwork? Then involve nurses in leading the change

It’s nurses who know how to ensure digital tools enhance practice rather than hinder it

Picture is an image from the Facebook page of  North Midlands Breast Screening Service showing ways to detect breast problems. Its project to increase breast screening uptake has succeeded by using social media posts and a messaging app.

How Facebook transformed our breast screening service

Uptake increased thanks to social media posts and a messaging app

Picture of members of a nurse-led digital health service who use a video link to triage older people in care and nursing homes, avoiding unnecessary admissions to the emergency department.

Nurses use video link to keep older people out of hospital

Link enables nurses to triage people in care and nursing homes, reducing hospital admissions

Digital health

Nurses: agents of change for digital developments in clinical settings

Why it's important for staff to join the NHS Digital Academy leadership programme

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IT survey reveals mismatch between what community nurses want and what they have

With one in three community nurses still using paper-based systems, more needs to be done to...

Use of robotics in the NHS under review

Jeremy Hunt enlists leading academic to review use of artificial intelligence and robotics...

Data intensive

Data-intensive nursing: developing trust, connecting care and involving patients,...

A new role is emerging for nurses as digital advocates for patients, say Mary Tully and Iain...

Nursing needs to embrace digital ways of working and forget tech prejudices

NHS Digital chief nurse on harnessing 'big data'

Data protection in the NHS: what new regulation means for you

Senior nurses are being urged to see the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a...

Digital literacy part 6: The future of e-nursing

The final article in our six-part series on digital literacy considers the changes that e-...

Digital literacy part 5: Staying safe online

The fifth article in our series on digital literacy explains how to safeguard confidential...

Lesley Jones: The NHS needs us all to move towards a digital future

NHS Improvement’s nurse fellow for digital health says collaboration is needed to introduce...

Digital literacy part 4: Resources for community nursing

Our six part series continues with a review of ways in which community nurses can use...

Digital literacy part 3: Online learning resources

The third article in our six-part series explores digital learning as an aid to professional...

Digital literacy part 1: You can be an e-nurse

In the first of a series of six articles on digital literacy, Lynne Pearce offers a quick...