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EHealth is a term which encompasses the use of different electronical technologies in healthcare with the main aim being to improve the quality of life and health of patients. The purpose of this literature review is to describe what competences are required in the usage of eHealth in caring. The aim is to promote and improve the effective usage of eHealth in nursing practice. The study question: What are the competences eHealth demands from nurses? Electronical database search was conducted in two different databases and a total of twelve (n=12) articles were selected for review. Six articles were systematically selected from Cinahl (EBSCO) and Medline (Ovid) databases and six more articles were retrieved manually from the bibliographies of the articles used. The selected articles were analysed using the principles of inductive content analysis. The findings were then grouped into four categories, skills, knowledge, individual factors (such as attitude, interest and motivation), education and training. The overall conclusion is that more consistent education and training is needed to maintain acquired skills in an up-to-date manner thus promoting confidence and self-efficacy in the utilization of eHealth i