How Does Technology Affect Nursing

In the UK, nurses and medical staffs have been used mobile phone technology to monitor patients with chronic disease. A significant proportion of the UK population owns a mobile phone, and it has been used by improving communication with hospital or community services. A Norwegian study reported the findings of a mobile and wireless system that it improved communication between patients and healthcare professionals. Mobile phone has the benefits of assisting nurses with the distance monitoring of patients, more research is needed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness.

In today’s hospital environment, our main focus is placed on technology, medications and treating a diagnosis. Often patients are wheeled from one examination to another with little personal interaction received from their healthcare provider. Patients are hooked up to monitors alarming endlessly due to staff being either unavailable to silence them or not having the compassion to comfort. Technology has become so dominant in hospital settings that we have lost sight of providing the

It is important to note that the implementation of health information technology should not add to the operational burden on the nurses but provide for improvements in patient care (Jacques& Howell,2015). Clancy states,” that the nurse informaticist play a vital role in the successful planning,design and implementation of information technology” ( 2015, p.535). The selection of this new upgraded software will be easily configured and maintained by the IT department. The nurse informatics specialist will assist with the design and implementation of an app system that integrates to an upgraded electronic health record ( EHR) that will display crucial patient information and vital alarm information to the healthcare providers healthcare certified mobile phone and also a centralized dedicated alarm monitoring area in the nurses station. This upgrade in the EHR will provide easy accessible information to help providers to prioritize patient needs as urgent and critical vs noncritical and can wait. The use of mobile devices displaying patient critcal information enables staff to effectively communicate and collaborate with other members of the health care team to respond to a crisis because of an actual life-threatening actionable alarm event. The use of this enhanced, upgraded EHR not only assist health care providers to prioritze actions and react more proficiently to alarms but it will also help to determine the appropriate treatment plan for the

Nursing has come a long way in the recent centuries. Nursing is now one of the most demanded professions and is continually growing. Nurses have evolved into being the primary care takers of hospitalized patients. New contemporary advances have paved the way to allow nurses to expand their capabilities by having additional roles in patient care. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the new advances that have been created to help assist modern day nurses such as, technology, patient centered care, current roles and responsibilities, and expanded career paths.

The use of technology is a major part of the growing world. In many ways the advancing technology has become useful to me in my practice. It has allowed me access to a universal patient record, prevented me from medication errors that could have been harmful to the patient, and helped to improve communication among my team members. However, one of the biggest lessons I will take with me, is to never forget basic nursing skills. I have encountered many system and device failures and had to compensate on my own. The use of technology should not ever replace verbal communication, or basic nursing skills that have been taught in school. A culture of technology dependence in healthcare is frightful, and could have severe outcomes for the patients.

In today's world of developing technology, nurses are often required to stay up-to-date with current information systems. A typical day of practice would likely begin by starting up a computer and checking for staff news updates. The day would consist of multiple patient appointments. During each appointment, a nurse will interact with information systems several times whether it is a hand held device or a computer entry to an electronic health record. One of the major challenges healthcare faces today is the time spent with bedside patient care vs time spent using electronic devices. I have heard many experiences regarding the decline of bedside patient care. Because of the technology dependency, nurses are becoming less personal and communicable

The goal of this literature review is to increase our knowledge about technology use in practice and to identify where there is need for improvement. Information technology seems to be a widely discussed topic these days and most nurses have no clear idea how it can transform the way we do things on an every day basis. We will also look at the impact technology has on nursing, patients, and colleagues. We will then focus on a specific nursing setting, in this case the emergency room. This literature review is organized to grow on each independent section so that you, the reader, can form your own opinion, but take with you the universal understanding of how information technology will lead us down a new and exciting career path.

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Health care is going through a stage that requires attention, such considerations involve improving the quality of patients care, and lowering health care cost. The response to these concerns must be answered with the implementation of technology into healthcare practices. Technology can improve patient care in many different ways. By using technology, health care professional can control waste of resources, this will improve patient care. Health care organizations must understand that the use of technology is to help the patients, and to improve the care they deliver. In addition, technology or the use of systems in a health care organizations, will support a care givers goal of helping the patient. Technology in a health

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Technology has truly played a pivotal role in the advancement of today’s healthcare system. Carl Houston (2013) discusses how technology has made huge advancements in things such as: genetics and genomics, less invasive and more accurate tools for diagnosis and treatment, 3-d printing, robotics, biometrics, and computerized physician/provider order entry and clinical decision maker. With today’s advanced technologies, patients with more complex health issues, which would have killed them in the past, can now be treated. Interventions and cures that we did not even think were possible years ago, are being used. For nurses, electronic health records (HER) allows them to have quick access to the patients medication and health history information

The prevalence of health information technology (HIT) has become very popular in the United States. This innovation continues to grow indicating no end and marks the current trend in the healthcare industry and will continue to play a major role in the later future. What impact does technology play on patient Care? According to Cliff, (2012) patient care technology is designed to meet the patients’ personal needs, values and preferences at the right time, for the right reason, in the right setting, and at the most affordable fee. There has been an ongoing controversy when it comes to patient care and technology. Some view it as beneficial in creating optimal patient

Technology has impacted my nursing profession. As a new generation nurse, technology used in healthcare comes easy to me compared to older generation nurses. I have encountered older generation nurses who have a hard time to use things online and are sometimes stubborn to learn about these advance technology forming in healthcare. I have utilized my email to communicate with my manager and my coworkers. We also use technology such as e-learnings, which are modules online to help us learn about new things to improve our nursing skills. Our hospital also utilizes “text page”, which we notify the doctor about information concerning about our patients. As Piscotty, Kalisch and Gracey-Thomas (2015) explain “Reducing the occurrence of missed nursing

Health care systems survive due to numerous reasons, but one of their most important traits is the willingness to adapt to changes caused by the flux of the industry. Healthcare issues and healthcare delivery rarely become static due to new diseases, changing patient attitudes, medical spending, and technological innovations. The need for personnel and institutions to adjust with these issues cannot be overstated. Recently the importance of technological advances has become a forerunner in revamping medical systems. High costs, shorter hospital stays, and a reduction in hospital staff have demanded new ways information can be passed to those who need it most. Advances in information technology surround us everyday through the use of pagers,

Technology has been the focus of healthcare and we trust that technology will be the solutions that will help us progress in our patient care. Patient care and safety have become so complex because of technology because it facilitates how physicians communicate among them, help reduce medication errors, tracking them then reporting medicine, and allows physicians and organizations to have medical information at their fingertips and promoting quality patient care. I choose to review an article on ways that technology has to improve patients’ safety and care by Christine Queally Foisey, CEO of MedSafe and some of the highlight points are as follow: