Nurses need better access to IT, says RCN survey
A survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors undertaken by the Royal College of Nursing has shown that not enough nursing staff have access to information, computer training and the internet when they need to at work. Although 15% of nurses said they had no access to computers and 17% said they had no access […]
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Community nurses need better information access
The Royal College of Nursing have said that community nurses and others who work in primary care are much less likely to have access to health libraries, and that information technology services need to be improved for them. According to a recent survey undertaken by the RCN into nurses’ attitudes and experience with information technology […]
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IT input for nurses
E-Health Insider speaks to Sharon Levy from the RCN about what steps NPfIT needs to take to engage with nurses, and how the RCN is planning to argue the case for the profession.
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NPfIT urged to communicate with nurses
The Royal College of Nursing have called for better communication between nursing staff and the National Programme for IT, and have offered to help the programme reach out and talk to them. Sharon Levy, Informatics Adviser at the RCN, speaking at the ‘Practical Steps to Implementation of NPfIT’ conference in London, said that nurses "have to […]
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Nurses in the dark on IT developments, survey reveals
UK nurses are generally positive about NHS IT developments, but over three quarters have received little or no information about them, a survey conducted by Nursix for the Royal College of Nursing reveals. Alison Kitson, executive director nursing, at the RCN, said: "Clearly nurses can see huge improvements in patient care with the introduction of […]
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RCN Signs $6.5m Contract with Axia
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Axia NetMedia Corporation of Canada announced a $6.5m deal this week to create an online professional development application for the college’s 340,000 members. The project will run over seven years and cover both the development and maintenance of the application. RCN Learning Zone is the title chosen for […]
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