Online Undergraduate Course
NURS 410 - Health Care Delivery Systems & Informatics
Module 13: Innovative and Emerging Technologies in Healthcare
Nursing Skill Sets Needed to Appropriately Respond to Emerging Technologies
These skill sets and specific examples are summarized in Table 2.
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Table 2. Three Nursing Skill Sets Needed to Appropriately Respond to Emerging Technologies |
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| Nursing Skill Set | Examples |
| Being able to use technology to facilitate mobility, communication, and relationships | Email, telehealth and telemedicine, internet, cellular technology, text messaging, video conferencing, smart phones, 3-dimensional printing, high fidelity simulation, virtual realities such as Second Life Virtual World, social media networking, embedded sensor networks, global positioning systems, bio-electronics |
| Having expertise in knowledge information, acquisition, and distribution | Information literacy, evidence-based practice, clinical decision support, sensemaking, commercially purchased expert networks, distributed expertise, boundary spanning knowledge management, knowledge engineering, standardized guidelines, fuzzy case-based reasoning, understanding of cognitive science theory and complex adaptive systems theory. |
| Understanding and using genomics in nursing | Understanding of the Human Genome Project, genetic sequencing, service delivery models that promote safe, efficient, and effective utilization of genetic/genomic information in care decisions; ethical issues related to genomics encountered throughout the life continuum and around the; ethno-cultural beliefs and practices for utilization of genomic-based care; and resources available to arm nurses with information to learn about and teach genetics. |
Source: Huston, 2013
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