Annotated Bibliography: Technology And The Issues Facing Nursing

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Asmita Patel
Bradshaw
RDG-101
20 April 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Ansell, Helen, Alannah Meyer, and Shona Thompson. "Technology And The Issues Facing Nursing
Assessment." British Journal Of Nursing 24.17 (2015): 886-889 4p. CINAHL Plus with Full Text.
Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
This article by Helen Ansell and colleagues describes an analysis into the application of technology and the issues nurses face while taking nursing assessment. It is a descriptive and qualitative analysis involving interviews with nurses from several hospitals. The analysis of data indicated few issues: the influence of early warning systems, nurse anatomy and the impact of technology.
The study concludes that nurse …show more content…

Korhonen, Eila-Sisko, Tina Nordman, and Katie Eriksson. "Technology And Its Ethics In Nursing And Caring Journals." Nursing Ethics 22.5 (2015): 561-576 16p. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
Korhonen offers literature review of technology and its ethics in nursing. The author states that technology has impacted the health care significantly. The study describes and summarizes the concept of technology and ethics in nursing and caring literature. Technology has three indications. First, it is products and devices. It is also a process made up of methods for helping patients and it is a service that indicates the production of care by technology. Some evidences promote safe and ethical care when using technology, but more research is needed to integrate technology and its ethics with care.
The author states that connection between ethics and technology is not a truism and technology as a concept is expressed in different manners. Based on data from nursing and caring journal articles focusing on technology and ethics, the author concludes that more study is needed to promote ethics in nursing when using …show more content…

"Violent Events, Ward Climate And Ideas For Violence Prevention Among
Nurses In Psychiatric Wards: A Focus Group Study."International Journal Of Mental Health Systems 10.(2016): 1-10. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Apr. 2016.
This study explains how patient violence against nurses is a global concern, particularly in mental care field. This may affect well- being of nurses and ultimately whole healthcare system. However, nurses do not use limited methods to stop patient violence and more comprehensive methods needed. The study was conducted to explore nurses’ experiences of these violent events in mental wards and examine suggestions for violence prevention.
The study included a descriptive design which had 5 focus groups and open-ended questions. The participants were registered nurses working in psychiatric wards. Nurses’ experiences of violent events included a variety of warning signs and situations and their well being was impaired. It eventually affected nursing care. Suggestion to prevent violence is to increase the contact between nurses and patient on the

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