Give an hour...

Anne Cooper blogged recently for the Nursing Times - Playing "catch up" with technology in nursing care. In her blog she mentions some overseas projects that she has seen where nurses have embraced technology and used it for their patients advantage, but British nurses seem to be a little slower on the uptake.  Speaking on a personal level I agree with Anne that British nurses are falling behind in the use of technology - and I have been thinking for a while how I can make a difference...


This morning I have been inspired greatly by the launch of the "Give an Hour" campaign.  This is a nationwide campaign to get people online and open their minds to the possibilities and advantages that cyberspace offers.  The heart of the campaign is that with the clocks going back on Sunday 30th October we all gain an extra hour - so why not give it away? This is a brilliant concept and one which I want to embrace.



I am proposing that those of us who know about technology in nursing "Give an Hour" of our time to impart information on how technology can help our profession to other nurses. Of course I will happily to give an hour of my time to share information about using twitter for nursing - so if anyone has a group of nurses I would love to meet them and share with them how twitter can help them to develop as nurses. Nurses are great at learning new things,but they have to see the advantage both professionally and personally.   To get nurses embracing technology we merely need to present good role models to them so that they can learn from these people and see the advantages of technology first hand.  I know that amoungst my twitter followers there are some truly inspiring nursing role models and it is to them I say pass your knowledge and passion on by giving an hour.

Please leave me a tweet or a comment on what you are going to do - or if you wish to take me up on my offer to share my knowledge of twitter for nurses.