Technology in the Nursing Field

After thinking about how I use technology in the classroom. The entire classroom is a teaching tool. Our classroom has three beds in it mock set up units. We have a mechanical lifts for students to practice on. (When I started out we had lift all the patients ourselves) Our cabinets are field with thermometers, stethoscopes, foleycath bags, IV pole. We even have a manikin with bedsores for students to practice on. In the phlebotomy classes we have simulated arms so students can practice drawing blood and starting IV's. (In my day we practiced on each other). We lecture, demonstrate and the students return demonstration. (Say, see, do) The instructor can make sure of students skill level before they ever touch a patient. We use video for students to look at (some are pretty graphic) so students can know what human body and conditions look like before they ever see a patient. And then we role play, letting the student understand how it feels to be the nurse and they patient. The resources we use for teaching are often the community itself the hospitals in the area let us bring students in to observe, and learn.


Todays medicine require that health care providers keep up with the latest technology and so the schools need to keep up with the same technology. Nursing in long term care teaches patients with disabilities how to adapt back into activites of daily living. Technology allows the patients to live within the communities. As certified nursing intructors we teach students how to assist and teach patients using adaptive devices such as mechanical wheelchairs, computers, adapative utencils.