New open textbook – Digital Health for Nursing & Midwifery
Sebastian Kainey – 23 Jun 2025
Launched on International Nurses Day 2025, this book aims to help educators teach critical digital skills and knowledge. The first four chapters are available now, with more in development.
Digital Health for Nursing and Midwifery in Australia is a growing online ‘living textbook’, recently launched on International Nurses Day 2025 to help educators teach critical digital skills and knowledge. The first four chapters are available now, with more in development. This content is designed to be in alignment with the five domains of the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Capability Framework.
As an open educational resource (OER), it is available to all organisations, educators and students at no cost and can be adapted to local contexts. It explains foundational digital health concepts and grounds them in concrete practices through online learning activities.
The first four chapters focus on:
- Communication in the digital health context
- Digital safety and eProfessionalism
- Digital health workforce and systems transformation
- Digital health leadership and management
This book provides valuable insights and will serve as a useful teaching resource for undergraduates of nursing and midwifery across multiple courses and institutions. Subscribe to receive updates and be the first to know when additional chapters are released.