Governing Mobile Technology Use for Continuing Professional Development in the Australian Nursing Profession


The prevalence of mobile technology in Australia has outpaced its governance in healthcare settings. The recent publication of Governing Mobile Technology Use for Continuing Professional Development in the Australian Nursing Profession (Mather, Gale and Cummings 2017) analyses  the current registered nurse standards for practice and codes of professional conduct in relation to using mobile technology. This article highlights the existence of the mobile technology paradox currently evident in Australian healthcare environments. There is an identified inability of nurses to access mobile technology in a context where it is increasingly recognised that its use at point of care can enhance nursing practice while contributing to informal learning, continuing professional development and enabling digital knowledge transfer. This article is pertinent for nurse supervisors who guide and support the learning and teaching of undergraduate nurses at the workplace. The next generation of nurses will expect to  utilise mobile technology at point of care, which cannot legitimately occur until standards and codes of conduct enable its use. This article provides solutions to this conundrum that could enable learning and teaching of students and patients/clients to occur without leaving the  ‘bedside’.

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