"The Impact when Caring and Technology Meets"

The impact of technology on nursing is to evaluate the effects of the latest technologies such as voice mail, email, computers and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s) on nursing staff, leadership, and the management of nurse’s work.

We, Nurses have been intimately involved with technology in patient care. To the current use of compact digital point-of-care devices, nurses have become accustomed to and experienced in using technology space travel, warfare, and the medical arts – for the provision of patient care. 

The informatics nurses see technology as a tool to support, rather than hinder, their love of nursing as well as impact future nursing practices.  

Technology is adopted by society in stages. Initially, technology does work that was previously done by people. That is, technology simply replaces a manual method of doing some activity. As technology allows work to be accomplished that previously was not possible, true innovation occurs. Finally, adoption becomes so complete that all dimensions of society itself are transformed by the technology.

 Technology is dramatically altering the ways in which we diagnose, treat, care for and manage patients. It is our past and it is our present. It is very effective with the use of it because it is our future. 

The future of nursing and Nursing Informatics is in alignment with the future of healthcare growth in the use of technology to ensure safety, positive outcomes and satisfaction of patients. And Nursing is at the forefront of this wave of technology innovation. 

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