Description
Emerging technologies are rapidly transforming the landscape of nursing practice, offering both new opportunities and challenges for nurses. It seems that each day, there is a new tool that can track various markers of health. These tools include everything from weight loss and fitness apps to devices that measure blood glucose levels and monitor vital signs. The question is, how can nurses effectively leverage these emerging technologies to improve patient care?
For this Assignment, you explain the appropriate use of information and communication technologies for patient care. You also analyze the social, ethical, and legal ramifications of an emerging tool.
The Assignment
Choose an example of an emerging healthcare technology that may improve patient access to care (i.e., Telehealth, Nanotechnology, Genetics, Genomics, software/hardware, Robotics).