Technology In Nursing

The growth of technology has greatly impacted America’s job selection. The nursing field is one of many careers that is evolving. Despite many people becoming shocked by amazing advancements, others are able to find important flaws. Although some improvements are controversial, overall they prove to be beneficial.
As robotic knowledge grows, it is contributing to the medical field. The nursing field needs to evolve along with it. By adapting to new technology, such as nanotechnology, nursing will stay relevant. The purpose of these tiny robots is to flow through the bloodstream and prevent any future diseases. Nurses will obviously need to with this huge step in technology. They will be measuring and administering the dosage given to each
This definitely will have negative connotations for some people. Many find the technological changes to be irrelevant. Philip Darbyshire, a professor of nursing, states in a study about the matter that “Technological ‘solutions’ to health care problems are endlessly seductive and easily entrance policy and decision makers.” In his study he used CPIS (Computerized Patient Information System), which many clinics use in order to gain the patient’s basic information, surveying to see their opinions. While someone outside of the field might find these advancements tremendous and making huge beneficial steps in the medical community, they can not see the bane of it. Darbyshire explains that technological ideas might make a board member googly-eyed over how much they can save with the budget, but it can negatively affect the nurses and even patients. From Darbyshire’s study he found that the participants disliked the the system. It lacked the “...ability to capture ‘real nursing’...” This belief is a major argument against improvements. With automation, newer generations of nurses and doctors will lose critical-thinking skills. As Nicholas Carr explains in The Glass Cage, “... we’ll be compelled to adapt our own work, behavior, and skills to the capabilities and routines of the machines we depend on” (41). Despite advancements being able to make diagnoses more accurate, this can lead to a less thoughtful generation of nurses. What if a robot malfunctions, leaving a nurse to make a quick decision which could lead to life or death? While nurses now would be able to make an efficient fix, could a nurse of the future be able to change their routine as quickly? Hopefully, like pilots being told to fly manually in order to maintain their skill, nurses will keep their medical procedures