Ergonomic programs that include administrative and engineering controls can help to ensure safe nurse-computer interactions in the clinical setting. The following information can be used when ...
When the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) moved to a new facility in July 2007, it saw an opportunity to improve nurse satisfaction by upgrading the computer process nurses used at the bedside.
There's a new computer that can perform some of the duties usually carried out by a nurse in the operating room. Health Contributor Dr. Emily Senay went to Hackensack Medical Center in New Jersey to ...
Technology Review – Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a virtual nurse and exercise coach that are surprisingly likable and effective Patients who interacted with a virtual nurse ...
Nursing is associated with high rates of musculoskeletal disorders from patient handling, and nurses are at high risk for developing cumulative trauma disorders, which can result from computer usage.
Smith relates that this was a fantastic example of the CNO advocating for nursing's needs. The hospital had already budgeted and expended money on the new bar code medication administration system, ...