Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice PDF

Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice WEEK 13 (C) Theoretical Foundation in Nursing Rozzano Locsin  Rozzano Locsin is a Filipino American Professor of Nursing at Tokushima University (Japan), a Professor...

Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice WEEK 13 (C) Theoretical Foundation in Nursing Rozzano Locsin  Rozzano Locsin is a Filipino American Professor of Nursing at Tokushima University (Japan), a Professor Emeritus of Florida Atlantic University (United States), and a Visiting Professor at universities in Thailand, Uganda, and the Philippines.  Locsin authored Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice, He edited and co-authored three more books, including A Contemporary Nursing Practice: The (Un)Bearable Weight of Knowing in Nursing. Rozzano Locsin  Locsin was born in 1954 in the Philippines. A registered nurse, he is a native of Dumaguete.  Locsin earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Silliman University in 1976 and his MA in Nursing in 1978. He received his PhD in Nursing from the University of the Philippines in 1988. Rozzano Locsin  In 1991, Locsin joined the Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of N ursing , where he became a tenured Professor of Nursing. He is now a Professor Emeritus Locsin currents resides in Japan and serves as a professor of nursing at Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice  Locsin's middle range nursing theory is an interesting discussion of the correlation between hands-on patient care and the use of technology. Technology is defined as anything that makes things efficient – from basic diagnostic technologies to therapeutic practices familiar to all nurses. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice  Specifically, he discusses the importance of understanding the need for knowing “high-tech” instruments, e.g. monitors, implants, and devices, that are a part of patient care, as these will provide opportunities for the nurse to know the patient fully as person. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice  His theory significantly describes a practical understanding of the solution enriching the practice value of all of the general theories of nursing which are grounded in caring. Technological competency as caring in nursing informs nursing as a critical process of knowing persons’ wholeness. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice  Locsin's theory book explores, clarifies, and advances the conception of technological competency as caring in nursing. His theory is essential to modeling a practice of nursing from the perspective of caring. It is a practical illumination of excellent nursing in a technological world. ASSUMPTIONS  Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing is a middle range theory grounded in Nursing as Caring (Boykin & Schoenhofer), 2001). It is illustrated in the practice of nursing grounded in the harmonious coexistence between technology and caring in nursing.  The assumptions of the theory  Persons are caring by virtue of their humanness (Boykin & Schoenhofer, 2001).  Persons are whole or complete in the moment (Boykin & Schoenhofer, 2001).  Nursing is a discipline and a professional practice (Boykin & Schoenhofer, 2001)  The assumptions of the theory  Knowing persons is a process of nursing that allows for continuous appreciation of persons moment to moment (Locsin, 2005).  Technology is used to know wholeness of persons moment to moment (Locsin, 2004). DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL VALUE IN THE THEORY  Technology as completing human beings to re- formulate the ideal human being such as in replacement parts, both mechanical (prostheses) or organic (transplantation of organs.)  Technology as machine technologies, e.g. computers and gadgets enhancing nursing activities to provide quality patient care such as Penelope or Da Vinci in the Operating Theatres; DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL VALUE IN THE THEORY  Technologies that mimic human beings and human activities to meet the demands of nursing care practices, e.g. cyborgs (cybernetic organisms) or anthropomorphic machines and robots such as ‘nursebots’ (Locsin & Barnard, 2007) TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCY AS CARING  Technological competency as caring in nursing is the harmonious coexistence between technologies and caring in nursing.  The harmonization of these concepts places the practice of nursing within the context of modern healthcare and acknowledges that these concepts can co-exist. TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCY AS CARING  Technology brings the patient closer to the nurse. Conversely, technology can also increase the gap between the nurse and nursed.  When technology is used to know persons continuously in the moment, the process of nursing is lived ROZZANO LOCSIN FRAMEWORK FUTURE RESEARCH IN NURSING  Experiences of caring for  Lived experiences of being cared for  Ethics and Technological dependence  Cloning and Bionic Parts and the experience of being with  Design and development of Instrument to measure technological competency as caring in nursing FUTURE RESEARCH IN NURSING  Testing of Instruments to measure the Patient Experience with technologies  Genetics and the future of Humans as posthuman  Burnout Phenomenon and the prospective use of the robots in the practice of nursing  Nursing Administration calls to care for nurses in high tech environments  Universality of technological competency as caring in varying nursing setting THE PROCESS OF NURSING Knowing:  The process of knowing person is guided by technological knowing in which persons are appreciated as participants in their care rather than as objects of care. THE PROCESS OF NURSING Knowing:  The nurse enters the world of the other. In this process, technology is used to magnify the aspect of the person that requires revealing - a representation of the real person. The person’s state change moment to moment - person is dynamic, living, and can not be predicted. THE PROCESS OF NURSING Designing:  Both the nurse and the one nursed (patient) plan a mutual care process from which the nurse can organize a rewarding nursing practice that is responsive to the patient’s desire for care. THE PROCESS OF NURSING Participation in appreciation:  The simultaneous practice of conjoined activities which are crucial to knowing persons. In this stage of the process is the alternating rhythm of implementation and evaluation. The evidence of continuous knowing, implementation and participation is reflective of the cyclical process of knowing persons. THE PROCESS OF NURSING Verifying knowledge:  The continuous, circular process demonstrates the ever-changing, dynamic nature of knowing in nursing. Knowledge about the person that is derived from knowing, designing, and implementing further informs the nurse and the one nursed.