"The transformation of nursing as a profession is moving at lightning speed into the next decade. There is a call to nurses across the country to prepare for the National Academy of Medicine's 2020-2030 Future of Nursing consensus study. It will serve to recommend nursing's focus on in the next decade to meet the pressing challenge to decrease health disparities in the United States. Nurses, 4 million strong, are the largest population of practicing clinicians, the most significant users of health information technology, and required early health IT adopters"-- Provided by publisher.

Chapter 1: Emerging technologies and healthcare innovation -- Chapter 2: Nursing value and big data -- Chapter 3: Artificial intelligence -- Chapter 4: Virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality -- Chapter 5: The Internet of things -- Chapter 6: Precision health and genomics -- Chapter 7: The future of emerging technologies and nursing.