Nursing and Technology

Since I am undecided on my major, but leaning toward nursing I decided to use it in this assignment. Nursing is so widely affected by technology. Every aspect has been changed as advancements have been made throughout the years. Blood pressure is taken with an electronical monitor where several years ago nurses used a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff. Temperatures are now taken by running a thermometer across your forehead. There are so many things that have been impacted by technology that it is hard to pick the ones to write about. I am very familiar with ultrasound machines and I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter 7 years ago the ultrasounds were the grainy black and white images, now with the 3D and 4D machines you can see every detail about the baby. If you are a patient in the cardiac unit you will be hooked up to a machine that monitors your heart rate constantly, as apposed to someone coming in every hour or 1/2 hour to listen to your chest. Every vital that you have can be monitored by a computer at the nurses station. As technology becomes more advanced so with the abilities of nurses.