Technology and nursing: an anatomy of definition.
This paper discusses technology in relation to nursing practice development in order to demonstrate the need to apprehend nursing within the context of technological advancement. Issues pertinent to formulating an understanding of technology are reviewed and four common approaches to the definition of technology within the domain of nursing are critiqued. The purpose of the paper is to analyse issues relevant to defining technology, and to make obvious the limitations of current nursing literature.
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Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical