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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Nursing
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- Abstract:
- Background: Patient safety has been in the forefront of many United States healthcare initiatives in recent years. Research has shown that medical device technologies can lead to better patient outcomes, decrease medical errors and adverse events, and increase patient safety, if used properly. Lack of user knowledge and workarounds can diminish the efficacy of medical device technologies and lead to poor patient outcomes. There is a lack of qualitative research that explores the experience of a medical surgical nurse learning and implementing new device technology in their practice. Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry was to explore the lived experience of medical surgical nurses when learning and implementing new device technology at the bedside. Philosophical Underpinning: A qualitative approach in the tradition of van Manen’s phenomenology was used in this study. Methods: Purposive and snowball sampling was used to select nurse participants for semi-structured interviews regarding their lived experience of learning and implementing medical device technology. Results: The themes of appreciation for technology, learning curve, uncertainty, and information-seeking emerged from the data. The participants’ vivid narratives provided insight into the concerns and struggle of learning and implementing new device technology. These results provided insight into strategies for the design and development of educational environments that would be conducive to technology adoption. Conclusions: This research primarily revealed the desire and need of medical surgical nurses to learn more about the device technologies with which they work. An appreciation of the value that technology brings to nursing is a motivation to for nurses to seek more information. Effective knowledge transfer needs to be the focus of future research to ensure proper implementation and use of technology.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2013.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-119).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Teresa Brasac. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RD99.35.B73 2013_BrasacTeresa ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RD99.35.B73 2013 ( lcc )
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