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The Impact Of Emerging Technology In Nursing

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ARTICLE REVIEW NUMBER ONE
Subject: Computer applications for patient care delivery system and Nursing Practice. Source
Huston C. 2013, ‘The Impact of Emerging Technology on Nursing Care: Warp Speed Ahead’, The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN), May 31, Vol. 18, No. 2, Manuscript1. Viewed 20th September 2015, http://nursingworld.org /MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-18-2013/No2-May-2013/Impact-of-Emerging-Technology.html#Huston.
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol18No02Man01
Introduction
The computer revolutionized the nursing profession and its applications for patient care delivery has really brought significant changes to the practice of nursing and nursing care provided to patients in recent decades …show more content…

The article reviewed identified seven emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing; three skill sets nurses will need to develop to acquire, use, and integrate these emerging technologies; and four challenges nurse leaders will face in integrating this new technology. The article outlined the effect of technology as changing the world at warp speed and this is more evident in healthcare settings.
The article states that there are many emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing in the coming decade and has discussed seven of them which are; genetics and genomics; less invasive and more accurate tools for diagnosis and treatment; 3-D printing; robotics; biometrics; electronic health records; and computerized physician/provider order entry and clinical decision support. For better understanding the author discussed the benefits and challenges of each in a table …show more content…

In the main body, the article identified seven emerging technologies that will change the practice of nursing; three skill sets nurses will need to develop to acquire, use, and integrate these emerging technologies; and four challenges nurse leaders will face in integrating this new technology. The paragraphs in the body were filled with narrations and citations in table formats giving an easy understanding of the main concepts. Therefore the information in each paragraph was easy to access, however there were too many subheadings, which meant that there was quite a detailed information contained under each concept under discussion. The solutions to deal with the challenges and conclusions were developed towards the end of the article and had a comprehensive summary of the main points covered by the article. The conclusion did develop future policy and encouraged nurse leaders to begin thinking now about how emerging technologies will change the practice of nursing and proactively create the educational models and leadership development programs necessary to assure that nurses will have the competencies they need to address these emerging

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