Nursing began as an effort to provide care and comfort to the sick and injured. As our society developed, technological change began to increasingly affect the practice of nursing. Nurses found themselves caring for machines in addition to, or instead of, patients. All areas of nursing were affected by the technological explosion of the past 25 years. But nursing education and agency orientation programs have not prepared the nurse to work closely with sophisticated equipment. Conventional sex-role sterotyping contributes to the problem. Changes in academic training, employer practices, and nurses themselves are necessary. Nurses are the chief users of health care technology. They should have the skills to manage that technology.
护理最初是为了给病人和伤者提供护理与慰藉。随着社会的发展，技术变革开始越来越多地影响护理实践。护士们发现自己除了护理病人之外，还要照顾机器，甚至有时候要取代病人去照顾机器。过去25年的技术爆炸影响了护理的各个领域。但是护理教育和机构入职培训项目并没有让护士做好与精密设备紧密合作的准备。传统的性别角色刻板印象加剧了这个问题。学术培训、雇主做法以及护士自身都需要做出改变。护士是医疗保健技术的主要使用者。他们应该具备管理这些技术的技能。
