title: Nurse versus machine: slaves or masters of technology?
abstract: As the millennium approaches nurses are challenged to reflect on the evolving role of technology on the profession. A preview of the technologies coming to the clinical arena in the not-so-distant future is provided. Eight guidelines for wise technology integration are offered to assist providers in appropriately using technology while preserving humanity in an increasingly high-technology world.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Dartmouth and Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua, NH, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buus-Frank
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000295:instrumentation*