Technology Commonly Used by the Nursing Profession

Classifications of technology commonly used by the ntirsing profession. 

The patient assessment, monitoring, and surveillance classification includes items such as follows [4]  

The patient assistive devices classification includes items such as walkers, bedpans, prosthetic limbs, canes, robotics, trapeze bars, wheelchair, orthot-ics (i.e., braces and shoes), patient transfer devices, and stand assist lifts. The six items belonging to the nurse protective devices classification are gloves, face masks, patient transfer devices, hand sanitizer dispensers, mechanical lifts, and gowns. The pahent protective devices classification includes items such as listed below [4]  

Hand rails in patient rooms, hallways, and bathrooms Specialized lighting Elopement/wandering alarms 

The two items belonging to the remote patient monitoring classification are telemedicine and telehealth. Finally, the pattern identification (to learn from errors and systems influences on adverse events) classification includes items such as electronic medical records and workload and staffing data systems. Additional information on technology commonly used by the nursing profession is available in Ref. [4]. 

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