{"id":10256,"date":"2026-09-05T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/?p=10256"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:38:02","slug":"technology-in-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asktherecruiter.com\/blog\/technology-in-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology in Nursing: The 5 Biggest Shifts That Actually Changed Nursing in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Technology in nursing has moved from a background convenience to the thing that actually defines the job. A nurse trained fifteen years ago and a nurse trained this year are learning two different professions, even though the core work of caring for patients has not changed at its core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>, registered nurses earned a median annual wage of $97,550 in 2025, with employment projected to grow 6 percent from 2025 to 2035, faster than average, and roughly 180,800 openings a year. A bachelor’s degree remains the typical entry point, though associate-degree and diploma pathways still exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That growth is happening alongside a parallel shift inside the profession itself. The HIMSS 2022 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey<\/a> found that 60 percent of nursing informatics professionals earned more than $100,000 that year, up from 49 percent in 2020 and 45 percent in 2017, and that certification rates in the specialty rose from 47 percent in 2017 to 70 percent in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide covers the five biggest ways technology in nursing has reshaped the job, based on how hospitals, clinics, and nursing programs are actually adapting to it right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pace of that adaptation has not been even across the profession. Larger health systems with dedicated informatics departments have generally moved faster than smaller practices and rural facilities, which means two nurses with identical training can end up with meaningfully different levels of comfort with technology in nursing depending entirely on where they happened to work first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nurses who treat these shifts as background noise, something IT handles while they focus on patient care, are increasingly at a disadvantage compared to nurses who understand technology in nursing as a core professional skill rather than an accessory to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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