The global nursing workforce in the present times advocates nurses’ wellbeing and health in every aspect of human life. Today, nurses all over the world stresses on patient safety, health inequities and digital health, each of which addresses vital aspects of health care. The statement on patient safety highlights the importance of having safe staffing standards and ensuring the safety of the health care workforce. Health Inequities addresses the role of nurses in confronting discrimination in health care by encouraging equity and social justice, and by supporting the actions that are essential to meet the needs of the public, and particularly for individuals in vulnerable populations. Digital Health Transformation emphasises on the increasing importance of digital technologies, which are already part of contemporary nursing practice, in the transformation of health care systems.
Together with the many advancements of technological developments for both nurses and their patients, nurses must be aware of the possible challenges and hazards, especially regarding the artificial intelligence and its unexplored impact on health care delivery in the future. The Malaysian Journal of Nursing through this issue makes an atempt to familiarise nurses with these new findings and their possible usage to influence their practice and improve the health outcomes of the people they care for.