How Technology is Changing Nursing Practice for the Better

Elaine Francis, RGN

Technology is changing nursing practice, making it easier to acquire patient data. One possible benefit: nurses may be freed up for more time with patients.

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Medical science has always embraced advancing technology. And, it continues to do so today, changing nursing practice in ways that would have been unimaginable in the past.

Here are just a few of the ways that technology is being used in nursing:

• Remote monitoring assists in diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of chronic illnesses.
• Modern diagnostics, analytics, and informatics help keep nurses abreast of local and global health trends.
• Electronic nursing tools ensure timely and effective intervention
• Remote education and training help healthcare professionals stay up to date with advances in science.

It is no wonder that new technologies are guiding more and more of what we do.

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