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A paper which looks at the potentially dehumanising effects of technology in nursing, and considers the ways in which technology can be incorporated into holistic care plans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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surrounding the increasing use of technology in patient care, in the modern health-care environment, do not simply revolve around ways in which the nurse can avoid "losing the patient in
the machinery" but also have implications for the changing role of nursing as a profession, and the relationship between health-care staff and patients, especially with regard to holistic models of
health care. If one considers, for example, the way in which the nurse was perceived in the early days of the profession, it is apparent that her primary role
was nurturing, and to some extant taking charge of domestic duties, rather than taking a high degree of responsibility for patient care. In the modern environment, the nurse works in
tandem with the physician rather than in a subordinate role, has a significant amount of personal responsibility for the patients treatment and well-being, and is expected to be competent in
the use of whatever technological equipment is available.
Whilst this development in professional status obviously acknowledges the important of the nurses function in patient care, it also means that she has to carry
a much greater burden of responsibility and knowledge than was previously the case. Even nurses in highly specialised fields are obliged to keep pace with the latest technological developments, and
contribute to studies evaluating the usefulness of new equipment. Nurses in more general practice are expected to be familiar with a wide range of technological equipment, and in an environment
where staffing is a problem, they may receive only the most basic training in the use of such equipment. At the same time, the vast majority of nurses find it
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