Question

What nursing ethical considerations do you think are important to keep in mind with new technology and innovations?

Answer 1

Answer:The implementation of the EHR system in the healthcare organizations has provided platform for the healthcare professionals to provide quality of care to the patients. The indulgence of technology and innovation has improved the outcomes of the healthcare organizations. The nurse should have ethical consideration regarding the use of technology as although with lots of benefits there are some of the precautions and the ethical consideration should be kept in mind. The use of smart phones by the patients such as informing the nurse, providing the feed back or tracking the records can be sometimes risky. There is always risk of privacy violation. So, nurse should be ethically more concerned regarding the use of the devices carefully.

The implementation of EHR ( electronic health record system) use for storing data and information of the patient. Nurse should maintain the privacy, prevent data misuse as well as bring out the best use of the technology in providing care to the patients.